Havana, SD is located in the northwest of South Dakota and is a small rural town. The local political scene is largely focused on improving the town’s economy and public infrastructure. The city government works to ensure that all its residents are represented fairly and receive equitable access to resources like healthcare, education, and job opportunities. Havana's most pressing issues include ensuring adequate broadband access for all citizens, advocating for improved public transportation services, and promoting economic development initiatives. Local candidates vying for office emphasize these issues as they campaign in order to improve the quality of life for everyone living in the area. City elections are held annually and votes decide the fate of many important policies that will ultimately determine Havana's success in the future.
The political climate in Havana, SD is very conservative.
Deuel County, SD is very conservative. In Deuel County, SD 25.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Deuel county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.3% to 25.9%.
Deuel county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Havana, SD is very conservative.
Deuel 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.
Havana, 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 Havana, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21 contributions totaling $11,435 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $545 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 75 contributions totaling $5,350 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)