Aurora, SD County is an area filled with political activity. The county encompasses many small towns that are heavily involved in local and state politics, with citizens taking an active role in the decision-making process of their communities. Every election season, candidates from both parties come together to discuss the issues that they feel will improve life for Aurora's residents. These debates and conversations are often heated and passionate as candidates strive to ensure their beliefs are heard. While there are no population statistics available for Aurora, it is clear from its political engagement that it is a vital part of South Dakota's democracy.
The political climate in Aurora County, SD is very conservative.
In Aurora County, SD 22.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Aurora county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.9% to 22.6%.
Aurora county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Aurora 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.
Aurora, 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 Aurora County, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 108 contributions totaling $7,894 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $66,320 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $5,527 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)