The small town of Rosholt, South Dakota (SD) 57260 is located in the rural Roberts County. The local politics of Rosholt are similar to those of many smaller towns in the area: conservative and traditionalist. Even with a population of only 712 people according to the last US census, there is no shortage of political opinions in Rosholt. Local politicians are active members of the community and work diligently to represent their constituents. They hold regular meetings and interact with both citizens and visitors alike, while advocating for issues important to their constituents. Furthermore, local politicians actively engage in grassroots campaigns to make sure their voices are heard throughout the state legislature and beyond. With an active political climate, Rosholt provides an interesting case study into how small-town politics can shape a community's future.
The political climate in Zip 57260 (Rosholt, SD) is moderately conservative.
Roberts County, SD is somewhat conservative. In Roberts County, SD 42.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Roberts county remained strongly Republican, 55.8% to 42.4%.
Roberts county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57260 (Rosholt, SD) is moderately conservative.
Rosholt, South Dakota is moderately conservative.
Roberts County, South Dakota is somewhat 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.
Rosholt, South Dakota: R d D d 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 57260 (Rosholt)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $775 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $1,140 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)