The Williston, ND Metro Area is known for its political activities and involvement in local and state-wide issues. The area has a large voting population that takes part in elections, both locally and nationally. It also has several active civic organizations dedicated to improving Williston's economic, environmental, social, and political vitality. Williston is home to the North Dakota State Legislature House of Representatives District 33 which includes parts of Williams County as well as parts of McKenzie County. This district is represented by Rep. Jeff Delzer who is currently in his fourth term in office. Additionally, there are three other representatives representing the Williston area: Mike Nathe (Republican), Craig Headland (Independent) and Corey Mock (Democrat). Each of these representatives actively work to ensure that the citizens of their districts have access to all resources necessary for a successful community.
The political climate in Williston Metro Area is very conservative.
In Williston Metro Area 15.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Williston metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.9% to 15.1%.
The Williston metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Williston Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Williston, North Dakota: R R R R R R
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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Williston Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,435 contributions totaling $85,304 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 571 contributions totaling $147,268 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $258 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)