Jones, SD County is a small rural town with a population of approximately 500 people. The local government is run by a mayor and five town council members who are elected to serve four-year terms. Every election year, the citizens of Jones, SD County get to choose who will represent them in the local government. The candidates come from diverse backgrounds with varying opinions on how to best serve the community. Issues such as infrastructure, education, economic development, and environmental protection are important topics for candidates during their campaigns. Residents can research each candidate's platform before heading to the polls on Election Day. Through their vote, citizens have the power to decide who will help lead Jones, SD County into the future.
The political climate in Jones County, SD is very conservative.
In Jones County, SD 15.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jones county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.1% to 15.0%.
Jones county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Jones 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.
Jones, 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 Jones County, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $1,700 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $213 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $1,625 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)