Island Park, ND is a small town with just over 500 residents. It is located in the northern part of the state and has a tight-knit community atmosphere. Although Island Park's population is small, politics still plays an important role in the town. The city government is run by a mayor and four council members who are elected to serve two-year terms. All elections are nonpartisan, meaning that candidates do not have to affiliate with any political party when running for office. Citizens of Island Park take great pride in their local government and make sure to participate in every election cycle by voting for the candidate they feel will best represent their interests.
The political climate in Island Park, ND is moderately 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
Island Park, ND is moderately 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.
Island Park, 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 Island Park, 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)