The small town of Kent, SD is a great place to live and work. It has a low unemployment rate and is a great place to raise a family. However, as with many small towns, the politics in Kent can be contentious at times. Local elections are heatedly contested between different political parties vying for representation on the town's council. Despite their differences, all sides generally come together in the end to work towards the betterment of the community as a whole. With its thriving economy and close-knit community atmosphere, it's easy to see why so many people are proud to call Kent home.
The political climate in Kent, SD is very conservative.
Edmunds County, SD is very conservative. In Edmunds County, SD 21.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Edmunds county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.5% to 21.0%.
Edmunds county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kent, SD is very conservative.
Edmunds County, South Dakota is very conservative.
Aberdeen Metro Area is strongly 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.
Kent, 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 Kent, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $750 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $2,743 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $152 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)