Estelline, SD is a small rural town located in Hamlin County and is part of the Watertown Micropolitan area. It had a population of 586 as of the 2019 census and is home to an active government and political scene. Estelline’s residents are served by a Mayor-Council form of government with representation from all parts of the city. City council meets twice per month to discuss issues important to the community and citizens can typically attend these meetings or view them live online. While there are no local political candidates currently running for office, Estelline's citizens have active involvement in state politics and often vote during elections to ensure their voices are heard at higher levels.
The political climate in Zip 57234 (Estelline, SD) is very conservative.
Hamlin County, SD is very conservative. In Hamlin County, SD 21.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hamlin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.9% to 21.0%.
Hamlin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57234 (Estelline, SD) is very conservative.
Estelline, South Dakota is very conservative.
Hamlin County, South Dakota 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.
Estelline, 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 zip 57234 (Estelline)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16 contributions totaling $1,354 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $1,600 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $178 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)