Wood, SD is a small town in the Midwest that has an active local politics system. While there are no current names of local political candidates, local citizens do engage in elections by voting for state representatives, senators and other positions on the county and state level. In addition to voting for their representatives, the citizens of Wood also take part in community initiatives such as fundraisers and town hall meetings to voice their opinions on various topics. The town of Wood is proud of its close-knit community and residents take pride in being politically active with respect to their local government.
The political climate in Wood, SD is moderately conservative.
Mellette County, SD is moderately conservative. In Mellette County, SD 38.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mellette county remained very strongly Republican, 58.4% to 38.8%.
Mellette county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wood, SD is moderately conservative.
Mellette County, South Dakota is moderately 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.
Wood, 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 Wood, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $3,489 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $498 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)