Riverview, SD is a small, rural town located in the Midwest. With a population of just over 1,000 people, it offers a peaceful and quiet atmosphere for its residents. Despite its small size, Riverview has an active political landscape. The town is part of the larger county government and is governed by a board of elected officials who advocate for the community’s interests. They work on various issues such as providing quality public services and maintaining economic growth. Additionally, Riverview has several local political groups that promote civic engagement and discussion among citizens. Every now and then the town holds debates or forums in order to keep citizens informed about upcoming decisions or important projects related to their community’s wellbeing. In short, politics in Riverview are vibrant and help bring together the members of this small but passionate community.
The political climate in Riverview, SD is strongly conservative.
Moody County, SD is strongly conservative. In Moody County, SD 36.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Moody county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.9% to 36.8%.
Moody county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Riverview, SD is strongly conservative.
Moody County, South Dakota is strongly 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.
Riverview, South Dakota: r r d 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 Riverview, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,421 contributions totaling $129,705 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 268 contributions totaling $123,801 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $462 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)