Walworth County is a small, rural county located in South Dakota. It has a population of roughly 2,500 people and is home to many different communities that are all connected by their shared history and values. The politics in Walworth County are largely focused on issues such as economic growth, education, public safety, health care access and services, and infrastructure development. Local political candidates in the county often run for office on a platform of addressing these issues. The main focus of the county's politics is to ensure that the residents have access to necessary resources and opportunities for success in their community. In addition to local elections, Walworth County also participates in regional and national elections to ensure that their voices are heard on important topics that affect their lives.
The political climate in Walworth County, SD is very conservative.
In Walworth County, SD 21.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Walworth county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.2% to 21.9%.
Walworth county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Walworth County, SD is very 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.
Walworth, 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 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 Walworth County, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 45 contributions totaling $2,304 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 63 contributions totaling $10,348 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $164 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)