Colman, South Dakota is a small community located in Moody County. Despite its small size, the politics of Colman have had a big impact on the town and its inhabitants. Every four years, citizens in Colman come together to vote for local political candidates that will serve their community. Recently, there have been several initiatives to increase voter participation among young people in Colman. Local organizations such as the Colman Citizens Action Group, have worked with students from local high schools to get them registered and educated about the voting process. These efforts have resulted in more informed and engaged citizens who are able to make thoughtful decisions at elections. As a result, politics in Colman are now run with greater transparency and efficiency than ever before.
The political climate in Colman, SD is strongly conservative.
Moody County, SD is strongly conservative. In Moody County, SD 36.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Moody county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.9% to 36.8%.
Moody county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Colman, SD is strongly conservative.
Moody County, South Dakota 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.
Colman, South Dakota: r r d 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 Colman, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 51 contributions totaling $2,596 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $4,465 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $235 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)