Lisbon, North Dakota is a small town located in Ransom County with an estimated population of 1,810. The town has a mayor-council form of government in which the Mayor serves as chief executive and administrative officer of the city and the City Council serves as policy makers. The current mayor is David Sprynczynatyk and the City Council consists of three members, Michael J. Knudsvig, Richard Barstad and Justin Peltier. Lisbon prides itself on being an active community with many local events such as their annual Fourth of July celebration and Festival Days held each May. Residents are encouraged to be involved in their local politics whether it be by running for office or attending meetings. In addition, all residents have access to a variety of services including police protection, street maintenance, parks & recreation programs and water/sewer services. With its active citizens and strong leadership, Lisbon is continuing to grow into a thriving community.
The political climate in Lisbon, ND is somewhat conservative.
Ransom County, ND is moderately conservative. In Ransom County, ND 38.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ransom county remained very strongly Republican, 57.8% to 38.5%.
Ransom county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lisbon, ND is somewhat conservative.
Ransom County, North Dakota is moderately conservative.
North Dakota is very conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Lisbon, North Dakota: R r D D R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Lisbon, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 126 contributions totaling $11,410 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $2,071 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)