Stena, SD is a small rural community located in the western part of the state. Despite its size, the city is home to a vibrant political scene with passionate individuals dedicated to making the city a better place. Residents take part in both local and state-level elections, choosing representatives from all major political parties to serve on Stena’s City Council and School Board. Local campaigns often involve door-to-door canvassing and intimate events where citizens can meet their potential representatives and have their voices heard. Moreover, Stena residents often join together to advocate for causes important to them such as better school funding or environmental protection. With everyone working together, Stena remains a great example of what a robust civic engagement looks like in America today.
The political climate in Stena, SD is moderately conservative.
Marshall County, SD is moderately conservative. In Marshall County, SD 39.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marshall county remained very strongly Republican, 59.1% to 39.4%.
Marshall county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Stena, SD is moderately conservative.
Marshall County, South Dakota is moderately 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.
Stena, South Dakota: r r 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 Stena, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 78 contributions totaling $9,736 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 72 contributions totaling $44,291 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $615 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)