Ashland Heights, SD is a small town located in the Central Region of South Dakota. The town has a strong sense of community and its inhabitants are passionate about local politics. Local elections often involve heated debates and heated races for city councilmembers, mayor, and other political positions. Residents have the opportunity to vote on important issues as well as candidates during election season. Civic engagement is high within the city due to the importance that locals place on their political participation. People here take pride in being informed citizens who actively participate in decisions that shape their communities. Issues ranging from infrastructure improvements to taxes are discussed at public meetings and debated among the residents before reaching a conclusion. This sense of civic responsibility makes Ashland Heights an ideal place to live for those who want to be involved in their local government.
The political climate in Ashland Heights, SD is moderately conservative.
Pennington County, SD is strongly conservative. In Pennington County, SD 35.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pennington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.0% to 35.8%.
Pennington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ashland Heights, SD is moderately conservative.
Pennington County, South Dakota is strongly conservative.
Rapid City 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.
Ashland Heights, 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 Ashland Heights, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,894 contributions totaling $120,802 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 720 contributions totaling $153,944 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $214 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)