Rolette County in North Dakota is a rural area that has been home to generations of small-town residents. Despite its small size, the county boasts a vibrant political climate and its citizens take an active role in local and national politics. The majority of voters identify as Republican or Conservative, but there is still a strong presence of more liberal leaning independents and Democrats who are vocal about the issues that matter to them. Residents often participate in town hall meetings, rallies, debates, and other events where they can have their voices heard by their elected representatives. With numerous political candidates vying for office at various levels each year, residents are encouraged to stay informed and involved on the issues they care about most.
The political climate in Rolette County, ND is very liberal.
In Rolette County, ND 65.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 33.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rolette county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 65.2% to 33.0%.
Rolette county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rolette County, ND is very liberal.
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North Dakota is very conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Rolette, North Dakota: D D D D D D
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Rolette County, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 74 contributions totaling $9,249 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 84 contributions totaling $8,530 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)