Turner, SD is a small town located in South Dakota, with a population of just over 1,000 residents. It has a small-town feel with the main streets lined with shops and restaurants, as well as several parks and recreational areas for locals to enjoy. Politically, Turner is largely conservative in its views and leans towards more traditional values compared to other parts of South Dakota. The current mayor is Joe Smith, who was elected in 2018 and won his re-election in 2020. Aside from the Mayor's office, there are no other local political offices or candidates of note within Turner. The current federal representatives for the area are Republican Mike Rounds for the Senate and Dusty Johnson for the House of Representatives. The politics of Turner tend to align with these federal representatives on many issues important to the town such as economic development, infrastructure improvements and maintaining traditional values that have existed for generations.
The political climate in Turner, SD is very conservative.
Turner County, SD is very conservative. In Turner County, SD 25.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Turner county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.3% to 25.0%.
Turner county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Turner, SD is very conservative.
Turner County, South Dakota is very conservative.
Sioux Falls Metro Area 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.
Turner, 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 Turner, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 147 contributions totaling $7,759 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 61 contributions totaling $5,598 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)