Spring Grove, SD is a small rural town in South Dakota with a close-knit community. It’s residents take pride in their town and are involved in local politics. Every election season, the residents of Spring Grove come out to cast their votes for candidates who represent their values and share their vision for the future of the town. With just under 1,000 citizens, it is easy to get to know the local candidates and understand their platforms on issues that are important to them. Voting is an important part of civic engagement in Spring Grove and everyone has a chance to make sure they have a say in how the Town Council makes decisions about its future.
The political climate in Spring Grove, SD is moderately conservative.
Roberts County, SD is somewhat conservative. In Roberts County, SD 42.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Roberts county remained strongly Republican, 55.8% to 42.4%.
Roberts county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Spring Grove, SD is moderately conservative.
Roberts County, South Dakota is somewhat 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.
Spring Grove, South Dakota: R d D d 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 Spring Grove, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 119 contributions totaling $11,292 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $1,200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)