Minnesota and South Dakota are two states that have similar political environments. Both states are fairly conservative, with Republican candidates typically dominating in statewide elections. In Minnesota, Republicans hold the majority of seats in both the State House and Senate. On the federal level, the state is represented by both Democrats and Republicans in Congress. In South Dakota, Republicans also control the legislature and all congressional districts are held by Republicans. While there is a degree of bipartisanship between the two parties on some issues, it is rare to find much cooperation or compromise on any major legislation. As such, the politics in both states tend to be quite polarized with each side trying to push their own agenda forward at every turn.
The political climate in Minnesota, SD is moderately conservative.
Roberts County, SD is somewhat conservative. In Roberts County, SD 42.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Roberts county remained strongly Republican, 55.8% to 42.4%.
Roberts county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Minnesota, SD is moderately conservative.
Roberts County, South Dakota is somewhat 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.
Minnesota, South Dakota: R d D d 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 Minnesota, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 123 contributions totaling $12,614 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 41 contributions totaling $9,496 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $232 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)