NORTH DAKOTA 3 Electoral Votes
Population 
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, North Dakota Secretary of State)
Total Population, July 1, 2008 est. 641,481
No Voter Registration
North Dakota has: 53 counties.
Largest counties: Cass, Grand Forks, Ward. >

Government
Governor: John Hoeven (R) elected in 2000, re-elected in 2004.
State Legislature: ND Dakota Legislative Assembly and ND Legislative Council
   House: 98 seats  Senate: 49 seats
Local: Cities, Counties, Tribal  NACO Counties
U.S. House: 1D - Earl Pomeroy (D)
U.S. Senate: Kent Conrad (D) re-elected in 2006, Byron Dorgan (D) re-elected in 2004. 
2008 update    
Gov. John Hoeven and Lt. Gov. Jack Dalrymple (R) were re-elected with more than 74% of the vote, defeating Tim Mathern and Merle Boucher (D-NPL)MORE
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 State of North Dakota
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ND Democratic-NPL Party
ND Republican Party
Constitution Party contact
Green contact

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General Election -- Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Voting Eligible Population*: 486,871.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 65.0%.


 

Official Results >


+McCain/Palin (Rep.)
168,601 (53.25)
Obama/Biden (Dem.-NPL) 141,278 (44.62)
Baldwin (Const.)
1,199
(0.38)
Barr/Root (Lib.)
1,354
(0.43)
Nader/Gonzalez (Ind.)
4,189 (1.32)
Total........316,621



Total ballots cast: 321,133.
2008 Overview
The Obama campaign built up an organization in North Dakota, but shut it down in the latter part of September.  McCain-Palin won North Dakota's three electoral votes with a plurality of 27,323 votes (8.63 percentage points), carrying 40 counties to 13 for Obama.
Obama/Allies  |  McCain/Allies  |  Nader


Presidential Preference Caucuses -- Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Democrats
21 Delegates (13 Pledged and 8 Unpledged) and 4 Alternates.
0.52% of the 4,049 Delegate Votes. 

Clinton  |  Obama
former: Edwards

100% of caucus sites reporting
Hillary Clinton: 6,948 – 36.55%
John Edwards: 283 – 1.49%
Mike Gravel: 31 – 0.16%
Dennis Kucinich: 72 – 0.38%
+Barack Obama: 11,625 – 61.15%
Other: 53 – 0.28%
Total turnout 19,012.

Republicans
26 Delegates: 3 RNC; 20 at-large; 3 by CD (3 x 1 CD) and 23 alternates. 
1.09% of the 2,380 Delegates.

McCain  |  Romney +
former: Giuliani


General Election -- Tuesday, November 2, 2004
Voting Eligible Population*: 482,722.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 64.8%.
Official Results


+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
 196,651
(62.86)
Kerry/Edwards (Dem.-NPL)
 111,052
(35.50)
Michael Peroutka (Const.) 514 (0.16)
Michael Badnarik (Lib.)
851 
(0.27)
Ralph Nader (Ind.)
 3,756
(1.20)
Martin Wishnatsky (w/in)
 9
Total........312,833
 




Total ballots cast: 316,049.
2004 Overview
Although North Dakota experienced a 1.2% decrease in population in the period from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2004, 8.5% more people voted in the Nov. 2004 race for president than had voted in 2000.  Bush won with a plurality of 85,599 votes (27.36 percentage points).  Bush carried 49 counties to 4 for Kerry (Benson, Rolette, Sioux and Steele).
[Primary Election: June 8, 2004]
General Election -- Tuesday, November 7, 2000
Voting Eligible Population*: 477,968.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 60.3%.
Official Results                    


Gore/Lieberman (Dem-NPL)
95,284
(33.06)
+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
174,852
(60.66)
Buchanan/Foster (Ref.)
7,288
(2.53)
Phillips/Frazier (Const.)
373
(0.13)
Hagelin/Goldhaber (Ind.)
313
(0.11)
Nader/LaDuke (Ind.)
9,486
(3.28)
Browne/Olivier (Ind.)
660
(0.23)
Total........288,256

Total ballots cast: 292,249.
 

2000 Overview
To no one's surprise the Bush-Cheney ticket handily claimed North Dakota's three electoral votes, winning with a plurality of 79,586 votes (27.60 percentage points) and carrying 51 of 53 counties.  Pat Buchanan, who visited Fargo on Oct. 17, achieved one of his best showings nationwide in North Dakota -- a meager 2.5%.  Gore's two counties were Sioux (on the southern edge of the state; part of the Standing Rock Indian Reservation) and Rolette (on the northern edge of the state; encompases Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation).

Notes: Established political parties in North Dakota were the Republican, Democratic-NPL and Reform parties.  Third parties could establish themselves and gain access by April 14, 2000 (the sixtieth day prior to the June 13, 2000 Primary Election) as the Constitution Party did. Other candidates must run under Independent nominations, requiring submission of petitions containing signatures of 4,000 qualified North Dakota electors to the Secretary of State by Sept. 8, 2000 at 4 p.m. (the sixtieth day prior to the Nov. 7, 2000 General Election).

1992 and 1996 General Elections

1992
Bush (Rep.)..........136,244
(44.22)
Clinton (Dem.)........99,168
(32.18)
Perot (Ind.).............71,084
(23.07)
Others (5+w/in)........1,637
(0.53)
Total........308,133

1996
Dole (Rep.)...........125,050
(46.94)
Clinton (Dem.).......106,905
(40.13)
Perot (Ref.).............32,515
(12.20)
Others (2+w/ins).......1,941
(0.73)
Total........266,411

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