Keyapaha, SD is a small town located in the western part of the state. As with many rural towns in South Dakota, politics in Keyapaha are largely influenced by local residents and tend to be fairly conservative. Local elections often feature candidates competing for limited positions on the City Council and Mayor's Office, where they can create and amend ordinances to best serve the city's interests. Though these positions are important, since they directly affect day-to-day life in the city, most political issues at play in Keyapaha center around larger state or national issues such as taxes, healthcare reform, education policy, and environmental conservation. Residents of Keyapaha take great pride in their community and are eager to cast their ballots for candidates that align with their values.
The political climate in Keyapaha, SD is very conservative.
Tripp County, SD is very conservative. In Tripp County, SD 18.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tripp county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.2% to 18.4%.
Tripp county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Keyapaha, SD is very conservative.
Tripp 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.
Keyapaha, 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 Keyapaha, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19 contributions totaling $2,460 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 80 contributions totaling $15,731 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $197 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)