Elliston, SD is a small town with a close-knit community that prides itself on its traditional values and strong sense of community. Although the local population is only around 350 people, its residents are actively engaged in politics and have an impact on local and state decision-making. In Elliston, SD, citizens come together to support their representatives in order to ensure their voices are heard. Residents take part in all civic activities such as attending city council meetings, engaging in political discourse on social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, registering to vote early or joining nonpartisan voter registration initiatives like the American Voter Initiative. The current mayor of Elliston is Mayor Tom Miller who was elected in 2019 and is dedicated to making sure that all residents have access to resources they need to make decisions about their future. Additionally, there are several city council members from diverse backgrounds who share the same goal of creating a safe and thriving town for all residents of Elliston. Through their hard work they provide locals with reliable services like waste disposal, public safety, and infrastructure development. Together they strive to create a better future for all the people living in Elliston, SD.
The political climate in Elliston, SD is very conservative.
Tripp County, SD is very conservative. In Tripp County, SD 18.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tripp county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.2% to 18.4%.
Tripp county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Elliston, SD is very conservative.
Tripp 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.
Elliston, 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 Elliston, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)