Iona, South Dakota is a small town with a population of around 500 people. Its political climate is heavily influenced by local elections, in which the citizens of Iona elect representatives to serve on the town's council. These representatives are responsible for making important decisions that affect the entire community, such as budgeting for new infrastructure projects and deciding how to allocate the town's resources. They also work closely with county and state officials to ensure Iona maintains its status as a great place to live and work. Local candidates running for office come from all backgrounds, whether it is their first time in politics or they have held various positions within the community. Regardless of who they are, the voters of Iona make sure their voices are heard by electing leaders who will best represent their interests and values.
The political climate in Iona, SD is strongly conservative.
Lyman County, SD is very conservative. In Lyman County, SD 32.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lyman county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.2% to 32.9%.
Lyman county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Iona, SD is strongly conservative.
Lyman 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.
Iona, 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 Iona, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 60 contributions totaling $5,590 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 29 contributions totaling $8,069 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $278 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)