Benedict, South Dakota is a small, rural town located in the southeast corner of the state. It is known for its farming and ranching heritage and is home to less than 400 people. Despite its size, Benedict has an active political life with many local elections held each year. Local candidates represent a variety of ideologies and interests including agriculture, education, taxes and business development. Benedict residents have no shortage of options when it comes to voting for their representatives at the state and federal level. In recent years, organizations like the American Civil Liberties Union have been actively engaged in promoting civic engagement throughout Benedict as well as other communities across South Dakota. The town's commitment to democracy ensures that everyone's voices are heard while also ensuring that policies are enacted that will benefit all citizens regardless of background or political ideology.
The political climate in Benedict, SD is very conservative.
Sanborn County, SD is very conservative. In Sanborn County, SD 21.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sanborn county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.4% to 21.7%.
Sanborn county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Benedict, SD is very conservative.
Sanborn 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.
Benedict, 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 Benedict, 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 5 contributions totaling $1,775 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $355 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)