Mellette, South Dakota County is a relatively small community with a population of about 1,000 people. Local politics in the area are mainly driven by local issues that affect the everyday lives of citizens and businesses. The county board of commissioners is responsible for making decisions on important issues such as taxes, zoning laws, and infrastructure projects. In addition to the county board, other elected offices include the sheriff, school board directors, and state representatives. Every year Mellette holds local elections to choose its leaders. Voters have an opportunity to decide who they would like to represent them and make decisions on their behalf. The candidates for office often differ in their opinions and policies but all work together to serve the people of Mellette County.
The political climate in Mellette County, SD is moderately conservative.
In Mellette County, SD 38.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mellette county remained very strongly Republican, 58.4% to 38.8%.
Mellette county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mellette County, SD is moderately 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.
Mellette, 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 Mellette County, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $125 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $4,469 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $235 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)