Estelline, South Dakota is a small rural town with a population of just over 500 people. Despite its tiny size, the town has an active and engaged local political environment. Residents of Estelline take their civic duties seriously and take part in local elections to ensure that their voices are heard. The town is home to several elected offices, including mayor, city council members, county commissioners and school board members. All of these officials are chosen from the community in each election cycle. While Estelline does not have any major state or federal representatives that serve it exclusively, residents still keep informed on current issues and participate in the greater national discourse as well.
The political climate in Estelline, SD is very conservative.
Hamlin County, SD is very conservative. In Hamlin County, SD 21.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hamlin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.9% to 21.0%.
Hamlin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Estelline, SD is very conservative.
Hamlin 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.
Estelline, 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 Estelline, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16 contributions totaling $1,354 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $1,600 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $178 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)