The small town of Geneseo, South Dakota offers a peaceful atmosphere for its citizens. While the population size is relatively small, the residents of Geneseo are passionate about their local politics. Local political candidates take time to meet with citizens in order to discuss important issues that affect the community. This helps to ensure that all voices are heard and taken into account when making decisions regarding the future of Geneseo. Residents actively participate in public forums and cast votes during elections to determine who should represent them in government. Through dialogue and active participation in civic life, Geneseo’s residents engage in local politics with great enthusiasm and dedication.
The political climate in Geneseo, SD is moderately conservative.
Roberts County, SD is somewhat conservative. In Roberts County, SD 42.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Roberts county remained strongly Republican, 55.8% to 42.4%.
Roberts county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Geneseo, SD is moderately conservative.
Roberts County, South Dakota 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.
Geneseo, South Dakota: R d D d 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 Geneseo, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 180 contributions totaling $22,595 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 116 contributions totaling $32,149 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $277 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)