Vrooman, South Dakota is a small community that holds elections every two years to determine their local political representatives. The most recent election took place in 2020 and saw the reelection of Mayor Robert Jones who had held the office since 2010. During his tenure, Mayor Jones had been instrumental in securing additional infrastructure improvements for the town such as new sidewalks, improved street lighting, and expanded access to public transportation. With a population of just over 300 people, Vrooman is no stranger to politics with much of its citizens participating actively in the electoral process whether by voting or running for office. This small community serves as a great example of how even small towns can have an impact on politics at the local level and contribute positively to their respective communities.
The political climate in Vrooman, SD is very conservative.
Perkins County, SD is very conservative. In Perkins County, SD 14.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Perkins county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.9% to 14.3%.
Perkins county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Vrooman, SD is very conservative.
Perkins 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.
Vrooman, 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 Vrooman, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $4,100 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $683 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $4,280 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $195 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)