Jerauld County, South Dakota is a rural area with a population of approximately 7,800 people. In the county, there are two main political parties: the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. Local government is run by three elected County Commissioners who serve four-year terms. The County also has several state representatives from both parties that represent the citizens of Jerauld County in South Dakota's legislative body. During election season, many local candidates will campaign for their respective party to be chosen as the next representative in office. Generally, local races have an emphasis on promoting policies and ideas which will benefit the citizens of Jerauld County.
The political climate in Jerauld County, SD is very conservative.
In Jerauld County, SD 26.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jerauld county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.7% to 26.8%.
Jerauld county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Jerauld 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.
Jerauld, 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 Jerauld County, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 115 contributions totaling $19,525 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $6,781 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $848 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)