Date of Award
2013
Document Type
Thesis
Department
Political Science
First Advisor
Patrick Donnay
Abstract
North Dakota’s oil boom is causing some of its countries to experience significant population increases. I study the effect this is having on the politics of North Dakota. To assess the effect of increased oil production on the population of counties and its effect on the politics of those counties I gathered statistics at the county level in the areas of oil production, populations including total, black, Hispanic, white, and male populations, and voting behavior (Republican or Democrat) from the United State Census, the North Dakota Secretary of State, and the North Dakota Industrial Commission, Department of Natural Resources. My hypothesis is that the increased populations of oil boom counties will cause those counties to vote more Republican. An early finding is that there are significant increases in oil production in some counties as well as significant population increases. Next steps will include looking more into the demographic profile of these population changes and how these profiles effect voting behaviors.
Recommended Citation
Nelson, Nick "Nick", "North Dakota’s Oil Boom and its Effect on North Dakota Politics" (2013). Political Science Theses and Capstones. 93.
https://pines.bemidjistate.edu/capstone-polisci/93
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