Cottonwood Town, South Dakota is a small rural town located in the south-central part of the state. As a small community, it has experienced relatively little political activity over the years. The current mayor, Tom Smith, has been in office since 2013 and works closely with the town council to ensure that decisions are made with the best interests of all citizens in mind. The local government is responsible for managing the budget and other civic affairs, as well as responding to public safety needs and maintaining infrastructure. There are many initiatives currently underway aimed at improving Cottonwood Town's quality of life, such as increasing access to public transportation and creating more green spaces for residents to enjoy. With local elections taking place this year, it should be interesting to see how this small rural town's politics will shape up moving forward.
The political climate in Cottonwood town (Jackson County), SD is strongly conservative.
Jackson County, SD is very conservative. In Jackson County, SD 32.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jackson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.2% to 32.2%.
Jackson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cottonwood town (Jackson County), SD is strongly conservative.
Jackson 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.
Cottonwood town (Jackson County), 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 Cottonwood town (Jackson County), 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 36 contributions totaling $8,149 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $226 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)