Delaware, South Dakota is a small rural town with a population of just over 400 people. As such, the local politics of the area are relatively small-scale and lack any real controversy. The city council is composed of five members elected at-large to serve two year terms. They focus on the day-to-day operations and management of the community, such as zoning regulations, parks and recreation, and other similar matters. The mayor is also elected at-large and serves a two year term that coincides with those of the city council members. On rare occasions, local issues or proposed projects will spark debate amongst citizens of Delaware, but overall it remains calm in regard to political discourse.
The political climate in Delaware, SD is strongly 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
Delaware, SD is strongly 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.
Delaware, 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 Delaware, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 260 contributions totaling $32,243 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 146 contributions totaling $12,775 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)