Stickney, South Dakota is a small rural town with a population of approximately one thousand people. The people of Stickney take great pride in their community and are passionate about their local politics. Stickney is served by several local political candidates who strive to represent the city’s citizens in an honest and responsible manner. These candidates include mayors, council members, school board members, and representatives in the state legislature. They have worked hard to ensure that the city’s voice is heard and that its needs are met. Each year, citizens come out in droves to vote for the individual they believe will best serve Stickney’s interests, and debates often occur over local issues such as taxes, public safety, education, and economic development. As evidenced by the passionate conversations had during election season every year, it is clear that the citizens of Stickney take voting seriously and hold their political representatives accountable for their promises made on the campaign trail.
The political climate in Stickney, SD is very conservative.
Aurora County, SD is very conservative. In Aurora County, SD 22.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Aurora county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.9% to 22.6%.
Aurora county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Stickney, SD is very conservative.
Aurora 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.
Stickney, 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 Stickney, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 49 contributions totaling $5,250 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $470 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $235 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)