Hope, North Dakota is a small town of approximately 500 people located in the rural plains of North Dakota. It is an agricultural community that has been here for over 100 years. The politics in Hope, ND are focused on the issues important to this rural community such as keeping taxes low, supporting local businesses, and improving the infrastructure. Most of the political candidates in Hope come from a farming or ranching background and have deep roots in the local area. They understand the challenges that face this rural community and work hard to ensure its economic success and preservation of its way of life. Local elections are usually non-partisan in nature and there is generally a consensus among the candidates on most issues that affect this small town. As with any election, voter turnout is important to ensure the voices of the people are heard by their elected officials.
The political climate in Zip 58046 (Hope, ND) is strongly conservative.
Steele County, ND is strongly conservative. In Steele County, ND 36.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 4.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Steele county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.9% to 36.0%.
Steele county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 58046 (Hope, ND) is strongly conservative.
Hope, North Dakota is strongly conservative.
Steele County, North Dakota is strongly conservative.
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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.
Hope, North Dakota: R d D d 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 58046 (Hope)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14 contributions totaling $3,150 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $225 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)