Jamesville, SD is a small city located in the southeastern corner of the state. It is known for its rural charm and strong sense of community. Politically, Jamesville leans toward conservative values, with most of its citizens voting Republican in presidential elections. On the local level, Jamesville has a city council that is responsible for setting laws and regulations for the town. The city is currently represented by a mayor, four council members, and two at-large members who are all elected on a partisan basis by local registered voters. The current elected officials have worked hard to keep Jamesville’s taxes low while providing essential services to its residents. Additionally, they place an emphasis on maintaining the town’s rural character while promoting economic development and job growth. Overall, Jamesville’s politics reflects the values of its citizens that prioritize small government solutions and fiscal responsibility.
The political climate in Jamesville, SD is strongly conservative.
Yankton County, SD is moderately conservative. In Yankton County, SD 36.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Yankton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.4% to 36.8%.
Yankton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Jamesville, SD is strongly conservative.
Yankton County, South Dakota is moderately conservative.
Yankton Metro Area is moderately 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.
Jamesville, 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 Jamesville, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $975 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $4,570 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $199 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)