Ravenna, South Dakota is a small rural town located in eastern South Dakota. The town is governed by a mayor and five council members who are elected to serve two-year terms. The mayor and council members work together to develop policies, set budgets, plan for the future, and ensure that Ravenna's citizens have the best possible quality of life. They strive to maintain the rich history of this small town while also looking forward to progress and development. Local residents take part in the political process by voting in local elections and attending town meetings where they can voice their opinion on important issues affecting their community. Although Ravenna does not have any major political party affiliations, it remains an active participant in the democratic process of South Dakota politics.
The political climate in Ravenna, SD is very conservative.
Sanborn County, SD is very conservative. In Sanborn County, SD 21.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sanborn county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.4% to 21.7%.
Sanborn county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ravenna, SD is very conservative.
Sanborn 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.
Ravenna, 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 Ravenna, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $1,225 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $136 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $3,825 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $478 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)