Canton, SD is a small town located in Lincoln County in the state of South Dakota. The town is governed by a mayor who is elected every four years, along with an alderman who serves on the city council. The city council works with the mayor to make decisions that affect the citizens of Canton. Every two years, local residents have the opportunity to elect representatives to both state and federal offices. These representatives are responsible for making laws and policies that benefit the people of Canton. Education, infrastructure and public safety are just some of the topics that local politicians focus on when representing their constituents. With such a small population, it has been challenging for Canton to receive recognition from their legislators but they strive to ensure their voice is heard at all levels of government.
The political climate in Canton, SD is moderately conservative.
Lincoln County, SD is moderately conservative. In Lincoln County, SD 37.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lincoln county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.6% to 37.0%.
Lincoln county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Canton, SD is moderately conservative.
Lincoln County, South Dakota is moderately conservative.
Sioux Falls Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Canton, 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 Canton, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 43 contributions totaling $2,057 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $2,260 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)