Roberts County, SD is a small rural county located in the southwest region of South Dakota. The county has a strong sense of civic pride and community involvement, and its citizens are engaged and informed about local politics. Roberts County is governed by three elected commissioners who oversee all governmental activities. Additionally, the county has several other elected officials including a sheriff, state’s attorney, auditor, treasurer, and register of deeds. Citizen participation in local politics is high in Roberts County; voter turnout for elections consistently exceeds statewide averages. To further encourage civic engagement, the county also encourages citizen involvement by hosting regular town hall meetings to allow citizens to express their opinions on important issues facing the county. As a result, Roberts County is an example of engaged citizens making their voices heard and participating actively in local politics.
The political climate in Roberts County, SD is somewhat conservative.
In Roberts County, SD 42.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Roberts county remained strongly Republican, 55.8% to 42.4%.
Roberts county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Roberts County, SD is somewhat conservative.
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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.
Roberts, South Dakota: R d 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Roberts County, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 265 contributions totaling $25,331 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 63 contributions totaling $17,536 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $278 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)