Molan, SD is a small rural town located in the heart of South Dakota. It has a population of just over 600 people, and is governed by an elected mayor and city council. The politics in Molan are largely focused on local issues such as economic development, infrastructure improvements, public safety, and education. The current mayor is David Donaldson, who has served since 2017 with the support of the majority of the city's citizens. Local political candidates must focus their campaigns on these important topics in order to gain success in Molan. As the town continues to grow, its citizens expect their elected officials to make decisions that will improve the quality of life for all members of the community.
The political climate in Molan, SD is very conservative.
Hutchinson County, SD is very conservative. In Hutchinson County, SD 20.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hutchinson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.2% to 20.2%.
Hutchinson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Molan, SD is very conservative.
Hutchinson 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.
Molan, 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 Molan, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11 contributions totaling $1,702 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 39 contributions totaling $23,616 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $606 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)