Rauville, SD is a small rural town in the Midwestern United States. It is governed by a mayor and a six-member city council. Local politics in Rauville are largely focused on issues of economic development and infrastructure such as water, sewer, roads, parks, and public safety. The city council works together to enact policies that promote the well-being of all citizens. Residents of Rauville have the opportunity to speak at City Council meetings to share their opinions and concerns about local issues. Elections for mayor and city council members are held every two years, allowing residents to select the officials who will best represent their interests.
The political climate in Rauville, SD is very conservative.
Codington County, SD is very conservative. In Codington County, SD 29.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Codington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.1% to 29.2%.
Codington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rauville, SD is very conservative.
Codington County, South Dakota is very conservative.
Watertown Metro Area 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.
Rauville, 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 Rauville, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 255 contributions totaling $17,404 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 456 contributions totaling $162,259 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $356 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)