The small town of Colome, SD is located in the southeastern corner of the state and is a proud part of the local community. Politically, Colome is an interesting place. It has been consistently leaning more Republican since the early 2000s. Recent elections have seen candidates from both major parties competing hard for votes in this area. The mayor and four city council members are all elected by popular vote, with each person serving a two-year term. While there is no specific political leanings among any of these positions, generally speaking most voters tend to support more conservative ideals when it comes to local issues like taxes and other economic matters. Local political candidates often focus on topics that are important to Colome's citizens such as lower taxes, jobs, infrastructure improvements, and quality educational opportunities for its children. With no party affiliation labeled on ballots or campaign literature, it can be difficult for voters to know which candidate best represents their interests and values. However, with careful research into each candidate’s platform and background information about them before voting day, citizens can make an informed decision at the ballot box.
The political climate in Colome, SD is very conservative.
Tripp County, SD is very conservative. In Tripp County, SD 18.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tripp county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.2% to 18.4%.
Tripp county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Colome, SD is very conservative.
Tripp 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.
Colome, 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 Colome, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $1,060 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $151 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $3,350 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $479 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)