Rames, SD is a small town in the Midwest United States with an estimated population of around 4500 people. Politically, Rames is a conservative area, with Republicans dominating local elections. The current mayor of Rames is Bertrand Johnson, a Republican who has been in office since 2016. He was reelected in 2020, beating his Democratic challenger by a wide margin. Other elected officials include four City Council members, all of whom are Republicans. Additionally, Rames residents elect representatives to larger state and regional bodies as well as voting for federal politicians such as Senators and Congresspeople. Despite its small size and rural location, citizens take their political responsibilities seriously and voter turnout in local elections is usually high.
The political climate in Rames, SD is very conservative.
Tripp County, SD is very conservative. In Tripp County, SD 18.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tripp county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.2% to 18.4%.
Tripp county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rames, SD is very conservative.
Tripp 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.
Rames, 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 Rames, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19 contributions totaling $2,460 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 80 contributions totaling $15,731 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $197 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)