Madison, SD is a small city located in the state of South Dakota. The city has a strong sense of community and features a range of political activities to engage citizens in its governance. The mayor and five-member city council are elected by local residents every two years and are responsible for making decisions about the city’s budget and other pressing matters. In addition to the formal political structure, Madison also has multiple civic organizations dedicated to advocating for the interests of their constituents. These organizations often host events like candidate forums or town hall meetings where citizens can ask questions and provide feedback on local issues. Through these democratic processes, Madison residents have the opportunity to be actively involved in shaping their community's future.
The political climate in Madison, SD is moderately conservative.
Lake County, SD is strongly conservative. In Lake County, SD 35.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.7% to 35.2%.
Lake county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Madison, SD is moderately conservative.
Lake County, South Dakota 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.
Madison, South Dakota: r R d 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 Madison, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,080 contributions totaling $40,649 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 245 contributions totaling $70,096 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $286 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)