New Holland, South Dakota is a small, rural town with a population of just over 1,000 people. It is known for being a tightly knit community that celebrates its unique culture and traditions. Politics in New Holland is no different, as the town prides itself on its dedication to local values and progressive policies. The town usually votes Democratic in Presidential elections, with the majority of local candidates running on similar party lines. Political issues that are important to New Holland residents include economic stability, education spending, infrastructure improvements, and environmental stewardship. Local candidates tend to focus their campaigns on these core issues as well as the need for better access to healthcare for everyone living in the area. As such, many of the candidates running for office strive to make sure that everyone's voice is heard when it comes to deciding what policies will be implemented in New Holland.
The political climate in New Holland, SD is very conservative.
Douglas County, SD is very conservative. In Douglas County, SD 12.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Douglas county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.0% to 12.7%.
Douglas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
New Holland, SD is very conservative.
Douglas 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.
New Holland, 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 New Holland, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 20 contributions totaling $5,100 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $255 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $720 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)