Kennebec, South Dakota is a small rural town located in the south-central region of the state. The town is relatively small with a population of just over 1,000 people. Despite its size, Kennebec has an active political climate with decisions being made locally that affect the lives of its citizens. Local interest in current events and politics is high in the town and residents actively participate in political issues. The local government includes a mayor, five city council members and various other appointed boards and committees who meet regularly to discuss matters such as infrastructure improvements, public services, economic development initiatives and land use regulations. Residents also have a voice in federal elections as well as voting for state-level representatives on Election Day every two years.
The political climate in Kennebec, 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
Kennebec, 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.
Kennebec, 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 Kennebec, 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 35 contributions totaling $14,953 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $427 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)