The politics in Mobridge, South Dakota is a major part of the local community. The city is currently represented by Senator Mike Rounds and Representative Dusty Johnson at the state level. At the local level, Mayor Jason Dennison and City Council Members Marvin Neubauer, Peggy LaPlante, Bill Bahmiller, John Gebhart, Jeff Harrison, Dan Halsey and Paul Reuer serve on the Mobridge City Council. These elected officials work together to ensure that residents are provided with quality services and programs while also working to create an environment that allows businesses to thrive. Residents of Mobridge take an active role in city politics by participating in debates and forums for upcoming elections as well as voting in local referendums on important issues.
The political climate in Mobridge, SD is strongly conservative.
Walworth County, SD is very conservative. In Walworth County, SD 21.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Walworth county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.2% to 21.9%.
Walworth county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mobridge, SD is strongly conservative.
Walworth 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.
Mobridge, 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 Mobridge, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 36 contributions totaling $1,704 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 44 contributions totaling $6,388 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $145 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)