Ray, ND is a small town located in Mountrail County. It is a rural area where the main industries are farming, logging, and tourism. The politics of Ray, ND revolve around these industries, with local government focusing heavily on maintaining the forestry and agricultural resources that are so essential to the town’s economy. This focus has resulted in strong support for environmental initiatives as well as initiatives that promote economic growth. In addition, local residents are very involved in their representative's campaigns and elections. They take pride in their community and strive to ensure that their representatives represent their values and best interests. Overall, Ray, ND is a close-knit community with strong traditions of political involvement and civic engagement that has been passed down through generations.
The political climate in Ray, ND is strongly conservative.
Williams County, ND is very conservative. In Williams County, ND 15.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Williams county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.9% to 15.1%.
Williams county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ray, ND is strongly conservative.
Williams County, North Dakota is very conservative.
Williston Metro Area is very 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.
Ray, North Dakota: R R R R 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 Ray, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $1,490 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $497 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $19,435 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $572 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)