Sanborn, SD County is a small rural community that is home to approximately 500 people. Despite its small size, politics in Sanborn plays an important role in determining the quality of life for residents. Local politicians are focused on preserving and protecting the values held by the community, such as education, economic development, public safety, and environmental protection. They take these values seriously and strive to ensure that everyone in Sanborn has access to services that support these ideals. Candidates running for political office often debate about the issues facing Sanborn and how best to address them. Voter turnout is traditionally high during local elections as citizens recognize the importance of their votes in shaping the future of their county.
The political climate in Sanborn County, SD is very conservative.
In Sanborn County, SD 21.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sanborn county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.4% to 21.7%.
Sanborn county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sanborn 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.
Sanborn, 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 Sanborn County, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 65 contributions totaling $3,161 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 40 contributions totaling $16,418 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $410 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)