Codington County in South Dakota is an area that has long been known for its political involvement. The county has many active local politicians who strive to bring their constituents the best representation and service possible. In recent years, there have been a number of issues that have arisen involving both local and state-wide politics, with individuals from Codington County often leading the charge. These issues include taxation and economic development, education reform, infrastructure improvement, and environmental protection. Many citizens of Codington County are proud to support their local political candidates because they understand the importance of ongoing representation in regional and national government. With an ever-changing landscape in South Dakota politics, it is important for the people of Codington County to stay informed on current events and to be vocal advocates for civil rights and social justice.
The political climate in Codington County, SD is very conservative.
In Codington County, SD 29.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Codington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.1% to 29.2%.
Codington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Codington County, SD is very conservative.
Watertown Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Codington, 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 Codington County, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 263 contributions totaling $18,254 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 469 contributions totaling $164,884 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $352 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)