Wittenberg, SD is a small rural town in South Dakota with a population of around 500 people. The town has seen a resurgence in recent years with the opening of several new businesses and community projects. Politically, the town is largely conservative leaning, and the majority of citizens are affiliated with either the Republican or Democratic Party. Local elections take place every two years, and typically involve a mix of both parties vying for seats on the city council. With such a small population, local politics often become quite personal as candidates campaign to represent their neighbors’ views and concerns. As such, it is important that residents get involved in local politics by attending meetings, researching candidates, and casting their votes in local elections.
The political climate in Wittenberg, SD is very conservative.
Hutchinson County, SD is very conservative. In Hutchinson County, SD 20.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hutchinson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.2% to 20.2%.
Hutchinson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wittenberg, SD is very conservative.
Hutchinson 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.
Wittenberg, 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 Wittenberg, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 25 contributions totaling $1,541 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 29 contributions totaling $6,783 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $234 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)