The town of Grand Isle, Vermont, located in 05458, is a rural area with a population of approximately 1,500 people. Politically, the town is served by the Grand Island Selectboard which is made up of 3 elected members and operates with a Town Manager. The town has close ties to its state legislators as well as the U.S. Congress for decisions that affect the local community. As in most small towns, Grand Isle residents are passionate about their local politics and regularly voice their opinion on issues such as taxation, education funding and zoning regulations. In addition to having an engaged citizenry, Grand Isle also has several local organizations actively involved in shaping policy at both the county and state level. Citizens interested in learning more about the political landscape of Grand Isle can find information at the local library or through meetings held by various civic groups throughout the year.
The political climate in Zip 05458 (Grand Isle, VT) is leaning liberal.
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
Zip 05458 (Grand Isle, VT) is leaning liberal.
Grand Isle, Vermont is leaning liberal.
Grand Isle County, Vermont 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 zip 05458 (Grand Isle)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 249 contributions totaling $13,690 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 26 contributions totaling $4,096 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $158 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)