Utica Town, SD is a small, rural community located in the southeastern part of the state. While it may be small in size, it has a large and thriving political life. The Utica Town government is led by an elected Mayor and four Town Council members. The Mayor and Council are responsible for overseeing the town's budget, making laws, and providing services to the citizens. Local elections are held every two years to determine who will serve as the Mayor and on the Town Council. In addition to local elections, Utica Town residents can also participate in state and federal elections. These provide an opportunity for Utica Town citizens to make their voices heard on important issues like education, healthcare, taxes, and public safety. With such an active political culture in place, Utica Town residents have a great chance to be involved in politics and make their voices heard throughout South Dakota.
The political climate in Utica, SD is strongly conservative.
Yankton County, SD is moderately conservative. In Yankton County, SD 36.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Yankton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.4% to 36.8%.
Yankton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Utica, SD is strongly conservative.
Yankton County, South Dakota is moderately conservative.
Yankton Metro Area 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.
Utica, 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 Utica, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)