Corson, SD County is a rural area with a population of around 15,000 people. It has a mayor-council form of government where the mayor and council members are elected by the citizens every two years. The Mayor is responsible for setting policy for the city while the Council works to ensure that those policies are followed and implemented. Additionally, the Council also serves as an advisory body to the Mayor and helps shape policy decisions. Each year residents can vote in local elections to choose political representatives who will represent their interests at all levels of government. These candidates usually come from both major political parties, giving voters choices on how they would like their local politics to shape Corson’s future.
The political climate in Corson County, SD is leaning conservative.
In Corson County, SD 48.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Corson county remained narrowly Republican, 50.4% to 48.5%.
Corson county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Corson County, SD is leaning 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.
Corson, 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 Corson County, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 111 contributions totaling $1,722 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $16 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $1,239 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)