Wentworth Village, SD is a small town nestled in the hills of northeastern South Dakota. The population of the town is around 1,500 people and it is a close-knit community with a strong sense of civic pride. Politically, Wentworth Village has traditionally leaned to the right in recent election cycles, and many of its residents have voted for conservative candidates during national elections. At the local level, though, politics are much quieter and more focused on local issues. While there are no local political candidates running for office currently, the village does still have an active city council that meets regularly to discuss and vote on issues that affect the day-to-day life of its citizens. The council works to ensure that Wentworth remains a safe and desirable place to live while also promoting economic development within its boundaries.
The political climate in Wentworth, SD is strongly conservative.
Lake County, SD is strongly conservative. In Lake County, SD 35.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.7% to 35.2%.
Lake county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wentworth, SD is strongly conservative.
Lake County, South Dakota is strongly 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.
Wentworth, 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 Wentworth, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 25 contributions totaling $7,864 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $315 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 32 contributions totaling $5,956 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $186 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)