Wright, South Dakota is a small community located in the southeastern part of the state. It is a quiet town with a rich history and strong sense of community. Despite its size, Wright has an active political life with both local and state-level candidates vying for positions in elections. The city elects three representatives to the South Dakota Legislature every two years, as well as various other officials such as city council members and school board members. Residents also have the opportunity to vote on statewide initiatives and referendums every year. In addition to these elections, local organizations within Wright help to promote civic engagement by holding forums for candidates to discuss issues that affect the citizens of Wright. As one of the oldest towns in South Dakota, Wright has experienced many changes over time and continues to strive towards creating better living conditions for all its citizens through civic engagement and political activism.
The political climate in Wright, 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
Wright, 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.
Wright, 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 Wright, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $1,400 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 73 contributions totaling $12,381 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)