Volga, South Dakota is a small hamlet in the rural Midwest, with a population of just over 1,000 people. The local politics are run by an elected mayor and five-member city council. The current mayor of Volga is Ashley Jones, who has held office since 2014. The city council consists of members Kelly Johnson, Barbara Brown, Steve Smith, Tom Moore and Dawn Thomas. All members of the City Council are dedicated to working towards the betterment of the community and making decisions that will ensure its continued growth and success. Issues such as economic development, infrastructure improvements, public safety and zoning regulations are important topics for discussion at City Council meetings held monthly. The residents of Volga take part in their local government by voting in elections and attending public hearings held prior to any new ordinances being passed or voted on.
The political climate in Volga, SD is somewhat conservative.
Brookings County, SD is somewhat conservative. In Brookings County, SD 41.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brookings county remained strongly Republican, 54.9% to 41.9%.
Brookings county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Volga, SD is somewhat conservative.
Brookings County, South Dakota is somewhat conservative.
Brookings 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.
Volga, South Dakota: R R d 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 Volga, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 37 contributions totaling $2,630 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 29 contributions totaling $9,181 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $317 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)