Montpelier is a small town located in South Dakota. It has a city council of five members who are elected to two-year terms. The mayor is elected separately and serves for a four-year term. There are also various committees such as the Finance Committee and the Parks and Recreation Commission which oversee important issues within the city. The issues that are debated most commonly include the budget, development projects, parks and recreation opportunities, public safety, and other issues that directly impact the citizens of Montpelier. Recently, there have been debates over whether or not to raise taxes to fund infrastructure improvements such as street repairs and improved sidewalks or if a bond should be used instead. Residents often attend city council meetings to voice their opinions on these matters. In general, Montpelier has a vibrant political atmosphere where different viewpoints are welcomed in order to ensure that the best decisions for residents' overall well-being are made.
The political climate in Montpelier, 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
Montpelier, 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.
Montpelier, 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 Montpelier, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $450 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $225 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $4,156 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $693 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)