Editing North Dakota (section)

===Politics===
{{Main|Politics of North Dakota}}
{{See also|Political party strength in North Dakota|List of political parties in North Dakota}}[[MIT]]'s Election Performance Index ranked North Dakota #1 in overall election administration policy and performance in the 2018, 2014, 2012, 2010, and 2008 elections.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Elections Performance Index|url=https://elections.mit.edu/#/data/map?view=state-profile&state=ND&year=2018|url-status=live|website=[[MIT]]|access-date=September 6, 2021|archive-date=September 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210907150541/https://elections.mit.edu/#/data/map?view=state-profile&state=ND&year=2018}}</ref> [[File:United States presidential election in North Dakota, 2016.svg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|[[Treemap]] of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election]]

The major political parties in North Dakota are the [[North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party|Democratic-NPL]] and the [[North Dakota Republican Party|Republican Party]]. {{As of|2007}}, the [[Constitution Party (United States)|Constitution Party]] and the [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian Party]] are also organized parties in the state.

At the state level, the [[Governor of North Dakota|governorship]] has been held by the Republican Party since 1992, along with a majority of the state legislature and statewide officers. Dem-NPL showings were strong in the 2000 governor's race, and in the 2006 legislative elections, but the League has not had a major breakthrough since the administration of former state governor [[George Sinner]].

The Republican Party presidential candidate usually carries the state by a considerable margin; in [[2020 United States presidential election in North Dakota|2020]], [[Donald Trump]] won over 65% of the vote. Of all the Democratic presidential candidates since 1892, only [[Grover Cleveland]] (1892, one of three votes), [[Woodrow Wilson]] (1912 and 1916), [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] (1932 and 1936), and [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] (1964) received [[Electoral College (United States)|Electoral College]] votes from North Dakota.

On the other hand, Dem-NPL candidates for North Dakota's federal Senate and House seats won every election between 1982 and 2008, and the state's federal delegation was entirely Democratic from 1987 to 2011. However, both of the current U.S. senators, [[John Hoeven]] and [[Kevin Cramer]], are Republicans, as is the sole House member, [[Julie Fedorchak]].

A [[Heartbeat bill|six-week abortion ban is active]] in North Dakota. Despite this, a [[Plurality voting|simple majority]] of the state's citizens oppose the legislation.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carvell |first=Tasha |title=Abortion ban opposed by majority of likely North Dakota voters, new poll finds |url=https://kfgo.com/2023/11/14/928213/ |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=The Mighty 790 KFGO {{!}} KFGO |language=en}}</ref>