Graceland, SD is home to a small population of just over 2000 people. The city is governed by an elected mayor along with four city council members who are chosen in local elections. Every two years the citizens of Graceland head to the polls to cast their vote for the mayor and whichever council members are up for re-election. The local politics focus on issues such as education, healthcare, infrastructure, job development and many other topics that impact the community as a whole. The goal for all political candidates is to create positive change and help ensure the prosperity and stability of Graceland.
The political climate in Graceland, SD is very conservative.
Codington County, SD is very conservative. In Codington County, SD 29.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Codington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.1% to 29.2%.
Codington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Graceland, SD is very conservative.
Codington County, South Dakota is very conservative.
Watertown Metro Area 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.
Graceland, 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 Graceland, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $250 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $2,375 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $198 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)