As of 2025[update], this is the last time where either party won every county for the Class 1 Senate seat in North Dakota.

SurveyUSA polls showed that both Conrad and Hoeven had among the highest approval ratings of any Senators and governors in the nation.

A poll conducted by PMR (8/26-9/3 MoE 3.9) for The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead had as result for a hypothetical matchup: Hoeven-35%, Conrad-27%, Uncommitted-38%.

This poll showed voter conflict between two very popular politicians in a small state where party loyalty is often trumped by personality.

[1] Hoeven ran for the Senate in 2010 and was elected by a landslide, in that year's Republican midterm wave.