Ordway, SD is a small city with a population of just over 600 people. Despite its size, politics still play an important role in the day-to-day life of the citizens. Ordway's local government is composed of multiple elected officials from the city council, mayor and various other positions that help to maintain public services and ensure that all residents are represented fairly. The community takes an active interest in politics and encourages civic engagement by hosting regular debates among candidates running for office as well as voter registration drives. There are no specific names of any local political candidates at this time, however the city encourages everyone to get involved and have their voices heard during elections.
The political climate in Ordway, SD is strongly conservative.
Brown County, SD is moderately conservative. In Brown County, SD 37.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brown county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.3% to 37.3%.
Brown county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ordway, SD is strongly conservative.
Brown County, South Dakota is moderately conservative.
Aberdeen Metro Area 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.
Ordway, 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 Ordway, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 500 contributions totaling $59,279 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 759 contributions totaling $175,921 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $232 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)