Johnson Siding, SD is a small rural town located in the Midwest United States with a population of just under 1,000 people. Despite its size, the politics in Johnson Siding are still important to its citizens. The local government is made up of an elected mayor and city council that work together to create policies and regulations for the town. Every year, citizens have the opportunity to vote in local elections to determine who will represent them on the city council and mayor's office. The candidates running for office come from various backgrounds and offer different platforms to best serve their constituents. Issues discussed among candidates range from economic development initiatives to public safety matters. Johnson Siding residents take pride in participating in their local political process and making sure that their voices are heard in deciding who should lead their town.
The political climate in Johnson Siding, SD is moderately conservative.
Pennington County, SD is strongly conservative. In Pennington County, SD 35.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pennington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.0% to 35.8%.
Pennington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Johnson Siding, SD is moderately conservative.
Pennington County, South Dakota is strongly conservative.
Rapid City Metro Area is strongly 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.
Johnson Siding, 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 Johnson Siding, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,802 contributions totaling $181,703 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,134 contributions totaling $400,709 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $353 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)