Wessington Springs, SD is a small town with a population of around 800 people. Although it is a small community, it has vibrant local politics that are important to the residents. The local government in Wessington Springs consists of three city council members who are elected on an at-large basis for two year terms. The mayor is also elected to a two year term, and all current members of the city council and mayor are dedicated to improving the quality of life for citizens through better infrastructure, public services, city development and environmentally friendly policies. In addition, there are various other organizations in the area that work together to support issues such as civil rights, economic security and more. All these efforts help make Wessington Springs an attractive place to live and work for its residents.
The political climate in Wessington Springs, SD is strongly conservative.
Jerauld County, SD is very conservative. In Jerauld County, SD 26.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jerauld county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.7% to 26.8%.
Jerauld county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wessington Springs, SD is strongly conservative.
Jerauld County, South Dakota is very conservative.
South Dakota is strongly 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.
Wessington Springs, South 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 Wessington Springs, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 115 contributions totaling $19,525 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $6,481 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,296 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)