Grand Isle County in Vermont is a small, rural area that has a long history of local politics. Although the county does not have a large population, they still take their political decisions seriously and are actively engaged in civic life. The Grand Isle County Board of Commissioners consists of five members who are elected to serve staggered terms of two years. These commissioners work together to make decisions on countywide issues and represent their constituents at the county level. Local elections are held every two years and feature candidates from both major political parties running for office. Voters can also participate in their state's primary elections to select which candidates will appear on the ballot for the general election. In addition, Grand Isle County is part of Vermont's Second Congressional District, and residents can also vote for their representatives at the federal level. All of this ensures that Grand Isle County remains an active participant in the democratic process despite its small population size.
The political climate in Grand Isle County, VT is moderately liberal.
In Grand Isle County, VT 59.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 37.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grand Isle county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.9% to 37.3%.
Grand Isle county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Grand Isle County, VT is moderately liberal.
Burlington-South Burlington Metro Area is very liberal.
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.
Grand Isle, Vermont: d D D D D D
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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Grand Isle County, VT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 869 contributions totaling $54,719 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 43 contributions totaling $6,346 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)