Results by county showing number of votes by size and candidates by colorTreemap of the popular vote by county
On June 7, 2016, as part of the Democratic Party presidential primaries, North Dakota voters expressed their preferences for the Democratic party's nominees for president. As North Dakota does not have a voter registration system,[2] all voters could choose to participate in this caucus. Due to a disagreement about the binding of delegates between state and national party leaders, no Republican Party primary or caucus was held. Instead, delegates were chosen at the state party convention April 1–3.[3]
Trump won the election in North Dakota with 63.0% of the vote, making it his fourth-strongest state in the 2016 election, after West Virginia, Wyoming, and Oklahoma.[4] Clinton received 27.2% of the vote.[5] This makes it the largest loss by a Democrat since Democratic nominee Jimmy Carter in 1980. The state also gave North Dakota-born Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson his second-best showing with 6.2% of the vote, only behind the 9.3% vote share that he received in his home state of New Mexico.
The North Dakota Republican Party did not hold a presidential preference caucus or primary, but instead selected 28 Republican National Convention delegates unpledged to any particular candidate at the state party convention, which was held April 1–3, 2016.[3] A generally pro-Cruz slate of delegates was elected to the convention.[6] Cruz had the support of 14 delegates before he dropped out of the race. Three of them switched to Trump on May 27 along with all 13 of the uncommitted delegates giving Trump the majority of commitments and the support of 17 delegates (Trump had the support of 1 delegate before Cruz dropped out).
North Dakota Republican state convention, April 1–3, 2016
Candidate
Actual delegate count
Bound
Unbound
Total
Donald Trump
0
17
17
Ted Cruz
0
11
11
John Kasich
0
0
0
(available)
0
0
0
Unprojected delegates:
0
0
0
Total:
0
28
28
Source: The Green Papers
General Electionedit
Voting historyedit
North Dakota joined the Union in November 1889 and has participated in all elections from 1892 onwards.
Since 1900, North Dakota voted Democratic 17.24 percent of the time and Republican 82.76 percent of the time.
Since 1968, the state has always voted Republican.
Predictionsedit
The following are final 2016 predictions from various organizations for North Dakota as of Election Day.
Due to the state's low population, only one congressional district is allocated. This district is called the At-Large district, because it covers the entire state, and thus is equivalent to the statewide election results.
North Dakota politics are dominated by the farm, with a largely white and older populace who are socially conservative. Though the state's farming population has briefly flirted with populism, that movement is now mostly faded from North Dakota politics, as farms in North Dakota are no longer tilled by solitary yeoman and are no longer family-owned as much, and are replaced by agribusinesses.[19]
In recent presidential elections, Bakken shale oil has been a major driver of conservative success in the state, as its economy is increasingly fueled by the North Dakota oil boom and its population grows suspect of the environmental movement championed by Democrats. The main oil boom has taken place in the counties west and northwest of Bismarck, where Donald Trump won sometimes north of 80% of the vote.[19]
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External linksedit
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Main article 2016 United States presidential election The 2016 United States presidential election in North Dakota was held on Tuesday November 8 2016 as part of the 2016 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated North Dakota voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting the Republican Party s nominee businessman Donald Trump and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her running mate Virginia Senator Tim Kaine North Dakota has three electoral votes in the Electoral College 1 2016 United States presidential election in North Dakota 2012 November 8 2016 2020 Turnout61 29 Nominee Donald Trump Hillary Clinton Gary JohnsonParty Republican Democratic NPL LibertarianHome state New York New York New MexicoRunning mate Mike Pence Tim Kaine Bill WeldElectoral vote 3 0 0Popular vote 216 794 93 758 21 434Percentage 62 96 27 23 6 22 County resultsPrecinct resultsTrump 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 90 100 Clinton 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 President before electionBarack ObamaDemocratic Elected President Donald TrumpRepublicanResults by county showing number of votes by size and candidates by colorTreemap of the popular vote by countyOn June 7 2016 as part of the Democratic Party presidential primaries North Dakota voters expressed their preferences for the Democratic party s nominees for president As North Dakota does not have a voter registration system 2 all voters could choose to participate in this caucus Due to a disagreement about the binding of delegates between state and national party leaders no Republican Party primary or caucus was held Instead delegates were chosen at the state party convention April 1 3 3 Trump won the election in North Dakota with 63 0 of the vote making it his fourth strongest state in the 2016 election after West Virginia Wyoming and Oklahoma 4 Clinton received 27 2 of the vote 5 This makes it the largest loss by a Democrat since Democratic nominee Jimmy Carter in 1980 The state also gave North Dakota born Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson his second best showing with 6 2 of the vote only behind the 9 3 vote share that he received in his home state of New Mexico Contents 1 Caucuses 1 1 Democratic caucus 1 2 Republican convention 2 General Election 2 1 Voting history 2 2 Predictions 2 3 Results 2 4 County results 2 4 1 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican 2 5 By congressional district 3 Analysis 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksCaucuses editDemocratic caucus edit Three candidates appeared on the Democratic presidential primary ballot Main article 2016 North Dakota Democratic presidential caucuses North Dakota Democratic caucuses June 7 2016Candidate District delegates State delegatesCount Percentage Pledged Unpledged TotalBernie Sanders 253 64 21 13 1 14Hillary Clinton 101 25 63 5 1 6Uncommitted 40 10 15 0 0 0Total 394 100 18 5 23Source The Green PapersRepublican convention edit The North Dakota Republican Party did not hold a presidential preference caucus or primary but instead selected 28 Republican National Convention delegates unpledged to any particular candidate at the state party convention which was held April 1 3 2016 3 A generally pro Cruz slate of delegates was elected to the convention 6 Cruz had the support of 14 delegates before he dropped out of the race Three of them switched to Trump on May 27 along with all 13 of the uncommitted delegates giving Trump the majority of commitments and the support of 17 delegates Trump had the support of 1 delegate before Cruz dropped out North Dakota Republican state convention April 1 3 2016 Candidate Actual delegate countBound Unbound TotalDonald Trump 0 17 17Ted Cruz 0 11 11John Kasich 0 0 0 available 0 0 0Unprojected delegates 0 0 0Total 0 28 28Source The Green PapersGeneral Election editVoting history edit North Dakota joined the Union in November 1889 and has participated in all elections from 1892 onwards Since 1900 North Dakota voted Democratic 17 24 percent of the time and Republican 82 76 percent of the time Since 1968 the state has always voted Republican Predictions edit The following are final 2016 predictions from various organizations for North Dakota as of Election Day Source Ranking As ofLos Angeles Times 7 Safe R November 6 2016CNN 8 Safe R November 8 2016Sabato s Crystal Ball 9 Safe R November 7 2016NBC 10 Likely R November 7 2016RealClearPolitics 11 Safe R November 8 2016Fox News 12 Safe R November 7 2016ABC 13 Safe R November 7 2016Results edit 2016 United States presidential election in North Dakota 14 Party Candidate Votes Republican Donald TrumpMike Pence 216 794 62 96Democratic NPL Hillary ClintonTim Kaine 93 758 27 23Libertarian Gary JohnsonBill Weld 21 434 6 22Green Jill SteinAjamu Baraka 3 780 1 10Constitution Darrell CastleScott Bradley 1 833 0 53American Delta Rocky De La FuenteMichael Steinberg 364 0 11Write in 6 397 1 86Total votes 344 360 100 Republican winCounty results edit Results by county were as follows 15 16 County Donald TrumpRepublican Hillary ClintonDemocratic NPL Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total Adams 909 74 63 216 17 73 93 7 64 693 56 90 1 218Barnes 3 160 59 13 1 597 29 88 587 10 99 1 563 29 25 5 344Benson 929 46 20 842 41 87 240 11 93 87 4 33 2 011Billings 495 81 82 59 9 75 51 8 43 436 72 07 605Bottineau 2 494 71 38 736 21 06 264 7 56 1 758 50 32 3 494Bowman 1 446 80 92 227 12 70 114 6 38 1 219 68 22 1 787Burke 895 85 08 119 11 31 38 3 61 776 73 77 1 052Burleigh 32 532 67 80 10 881 22 68 4 566 9 52 21 651 45 12 47 979Cass 39 816 49 26 31 361 38 80 9 644 11 94 8 455 10 46 80 821Cavalier 1 357 67 65 476 23 73 173 8 62 881 43 92 2 006Dickey 1 667 69 26 554 23 02 186 7 72 1 113 46 24 2 407Divide 867 71 12 245 20 10 107 8 78 622 51 02 1 219Dunn 1 771 78 96 358 15 96 114 5 08 1 413 63 00 2 243Eddy 791 64 26 355 28 84 85 6 90 436 35 42 1 231Emmons 1 677 84 65 215 10 85 89 4 50 1 462 73 80 1 981Foster 1 241 72 19 347 20 19 131 7 62 894 52 00 1 719Golden Valley 796 83 18 99 10 34 62 6 48 697 72 84 957Grand Forks 16 340 53 81 10 851 35 74 3 174 10 45 5 489 18 07 30 365Grant 1 108 80 23 185 13 40 88 6 37 923 66 83 1 381Griggs 847 66 96 298 23 56 120 9 48 549 43 40 1 265Hettinger 1 050 81 02 168 12 96 78 6 02 882 68 06 1 296Kidder 1 111 80 74 179 13 01 86 6 25 932 67 73 1 376LaMoure 1 481 68 85 502 23 34 168 7 81 979 45 51 2 151Logan 888 83 22 114 10 68 65 6 10 774 72 54 1 067McHenry 2 050 72 70 490 17 38 280 9 92 1 560 55 32 2 820McIntosh 1 100 76 07 235 16 25 111 7 68 865 59 82 1 446McKenzie 3 670 78 55 698 14 94 304 6 51 2 972 63 61 4 672McLean 3 860 72 62 1 081 20 34 374 7 04 2 779 52 28 5 315Mercer 3 759 80 29 621 13 26 302 6 45 3 138 67 03 4 682Morton 11 336 71 60 3 080 19 45 1 416 8 95 8 256 52 15 15 832Mountrail 2 582 62 88 1 220 29 71 304 7 41 1 362 33 17 4 106Nelson 1 025 59 70 536 31 22 156 9 08 489 28 48 1 717Oliver 830 81 61 119 11 70 68 6 69 711 69 91 1 017Pembina 2 208 70 03 681 21 60 264 8 37 1 527 48 43 3 153Pierce 1 437 69 39 431 20 81 203 9 80 1 006 48 58 2 071Ramsey 3 217 60 64 1 505 28 37 583 10 99 1 712 32 27 5 305Ransom 1 210 51 29 838 35 52 311 13 19 372 15 77 2 359Renville 993 76 80 201 15 55 99 7 65 792 61 25 1 293Richland 4 767 62 79 2 064 27 19 761 10 02 2 703 35 60 7 592Rolette 1 217 32 41 2 099 55 90 439 11 69 882 23 49 3 755Sargent 1 088 54 48 694 34 75 215 10 77 394 19 73 1 997Sheridan 650 82 59 95 12 07 42 5 34 555 70 52 787Sioux 260 21 10 758 61 53 214 17 37 498 40 43 1 232Slope 362 84 19 43 10 00 25 5 81 319 74 19 430Stark 9 755 79 17 1 753 14 23 814 6 60 8 002 64 94 12 322Steele 538 53 85 361 36 14 100 10 01 177 17 71 999Stutsman 6 718 66 15 2 498 24 60 939 9 25 4 220 41 55 10 155Towner 733 63 35 305 26 36 119 10 29 428 36 99 1 157Traill 2 265 57 59 1 241 31 55 427 10 86 1 024 26 04 3 933Walsh 2 995 64 60 1 167 25 17 474 10 23 1 828 39 43 4 636Ward 18 636 67 98 5 806 21 18 2 970 10 84 12 830 46 80 27 412Wells 1 796 75 37 419 17 58 168 7 05 1 377 57 79 2 383Williams 10 069 78 62 1 735 13 55 1 003 7 83 8 334 65 07 12 807Totals 216 794 62 96 93 758 27 23 33 808 9 81 123 036 35 73 344 360 nbsp Swing by countyLegend Democratic 10 12 5 Democratic 7 5 10 Democratic 5 7 5 Democratic 2 5 5 Democratic 0 2 5 Republican 0 2 5 Republican 2 5 5 Republican 5 7 5 Republican 7 5 10 Republican 10 12 5 Republican 12 5 15 Republican gt 15 nbsp Trend relative to the state by countyLegend Democratic 10 12 5 Democratic 7 5 10 Democratic 5 7 5 Democratic 2 5 5 Democratic 0 2 5 Republican 0 2 5 Republican 2 5 5 Republican 5 7 5 Republican 7 5 10 Republican 10 12 5 Republican 12 5 15 Republican gt 15 nbsp County flipsLegend Democratic Hold Republican Hold Gain from Democratic Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican edit 17 Benson largest CDP Fort Totten Ransom largest city Lisbon Sargent largest city Gwinner Steele largest city Finley By congressional district edit Due to the state s low population only one congressional district is allocated This district is called the At Large district because it covers the entire state and thus is equivalent to the statewide election results District Trump Clinton RepresentativeAt large 62 96 27 23 Kevin CramerAnalysis edit Republican nominee Donald Trump won North Dakota in a 36 percentage point routing over Democratic rival Hillary Clinton thus carrying the state s 3 electoral votes 18 Like many neighboring majority white largely rural Great Plains and prairie states North Dakota has not supported a Democratic candidate for president since Lyndon B Johnson in 1964 North Dakota politics are dominated by the farm with a largely white and older populace who are socially conservative Though the state s farming population has briefly flirted with populism that movement is now mostly faded from North Dakota politics as farms in North Dakota are no longer tilled by solitary yeoman and are no longer family owned as much and are replaced by agribusinesses 19 In recent presidential elections Bakken shale oil has been a major driver of conservative success in the state as its economy is increasingly fueled by the North Dakota oil boom and its population grows suspect of the environmental movement championed by Democrats The main oil boom has taken place in the counties west and northwest of Bismarck where Donald Trump won sometimes north of 80 of the vote 19 Donald Trump won in Grand Forks County which contains the city of Grand Forks in Cass County which contains the city of Fargo and in Burliegh County which contains the capital city of Bismarck He also swept most of the rural and deeply conservative counties of the state sometimes taking more than 80 of the vote in a county Clinton won resoundingly in Sioux County which is majority Native American and is the site of the Dakota Access Pipeline Protest by its inhabitants the Sioux Indian tribe See also edit United States presidential elections in North Dakota Presidency of Donald Trump 2016 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries 2016 Republican Party presidential debates and forums 2016 Republican Party presidential primariesReferences edit Distribution of Electoral Votes National Archives and Records Administration September 19 2019 Retrieved December 14 2020 Jaeger Alvin North Dakota The Only State Without Voter Registration PDF a b Nowatzki Mike With ND Republicans unable to cast votes for presidential nominee Cramer launches online straw poll Forum of Fargo Moorhead Retrieved February 26 2016 2016 Presidential Election Statistics Dave Leip s Atlas of U S Presidential Elections Retrieved March 5 2018 North Dakota Election Results 2016 The New York Times August 2017 North Dakota Republican Delegation 2016 Our final map has Clinton winning with 352 electoral votes Compare your picks with ours Los Angeles Times November 6 2016 Retrieved November 13 2016 Road to 270 CNN s general election map CNNPolitics com Cnn com November 8 2016 Retrieved November 13 2016 Larry J Sabato s Crystal Ball 2016 President Centerforpolitics org November 7 2016 Retrieved November 13 2016 Todd Chuck NBC s Final Battleground Map Shows Clinton With a Significant Lead NBC News Retrieved November 13 2016 2016 Election Maps Battle for White House RealClearPolitics Retrieved November 13 2016 Electoral Scorecard Map shifts again in Trump s favor as Clinton holds edge Fox News November 7 2016 Retrieved November 13 2016 The Final 15 The Latest Polls in the Swing States That Will Decide the Election Abcnews go com November 7 2016 Retrieved November 13 2016 North Dakota Secretary of State November 18 2016 Official 2016 General Election Results Statewide Retrieved November 14 2021 Secretary of State Election Night Results results sos nd gov Retrieved June 18 2017 Secretary of State Voter Turnout results sos nd gov Retrieved June 18 2017 Bump Philip The counties that flipped parties to swing the 2016 election Washington Post ISSN 0190 8286 Retrieved September 1 2020 North Dakota Election Results 2016 The New York Times Retrieved November 12 2016 a b Cohen Micah October 14 2012 An Extra Ingredient in North Dakota Politics Oil FiveThirtyEight Retrieved November 12 2016 External links edit RNC 2016 Republican Nominating Process Archived 2016 11 08 at the Wayback Machine Green papers for 2016 primaries caucuses and conventions Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2016 United States presidential election in North Dakota amp oldid 1212318495 Republican convention, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
