Lider Saveza nezavisnih socijaldemokrata (SNSD) koji je glatko pobijedio na izborima 2006, Dodik je jak zagovornik jačanja entiteta bosanskih Srba nauštrb države.
Leader of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD), which swept the 2006 elections, Dodik has been a fierce advocate of strengthening the Bosnian Serb entity at the expense of the state.