Theresa, SD is a small rural town located in the Midwest. The city has a rich political history that dates back more than 150 years. While the town’s population is rather small, it boasts an active political atmosphere. The residents of the community come together every election season to support local politicians and vote on important measures that affect the day-to-day running of the town. In recent years, many of Theresa’s citizens have been actively involved in local debates about infrastructure, education, taxation and other issues that affect their daily lives. A number of well-known local politicians have served in office for years, becoming familiar faces in the community and serving as role models for young people who are interested in entering politics themselves. As a result, Theresa continues to be a great place for those looking to make their voices heard through politics and become active members of their community.
The political climate in Theresa, SD is strongly conservative.
Beadle County, SD is very conservative. In Beadle County, SD 29.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Beadle county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.9% to 29.8%.
Beadle county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Theresa, SD is strongly conservative.
Beadle County, South Dakota is very conservative.
Huron Metro Area 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.
Theresa, 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 Theresa, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 215 contributions totaling $45,096 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $210 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 161 contributions totaling $87,549 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $544 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)