Isley, ND is a small rural town located in the midwestern United States. Despite its small size, Isley has a vibrant political landscape that greatly impacts the lives of its citizens. Residents of Isley are served by a City Council and Mayor, both elected by local residents for two-year terms. The City Council is composed of five members representing each ward of the city who meet monthly to discuss issues such as budgeting, safety, and zoning. Additionally, Isley residents have representation at the county and state levels with various elected officials advocating on their behalf for topics such as education and infrastructure. Though political parties do not formally exist in Isley, most candidates tend to align with either Democratic or Republican platforms, providing voters with clear choices when it comes time to cast their ballot on election day. It is because of this local level participation that Isley remains an influential community throughout North Dakota's political landscape.
The political climate in Isley, ND is strongly 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
Isley, ND is strongly 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.
Isley, 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 Isley, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $300 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $1,450 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $242 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)