Britton, South Dakota is a small town located in Marshall County with a population of approximately 1,077 people. It is predominantly rural and has a strong agricultural economy. The politics in Britton, SD are heavily influenced by local issues such as taxes, education, infrastructure and development. The mayor of the city is John Strand who was elected in 2018. There are four city council members that preside over the operations of the city and they serve four year terms. The main political party represented in Britton is the Republican Party and they have a strong presence in the area. Statewide elections for governor and other statewide offices take place every four years along with national elections for president taking place during even-numbered years. Local elections are held every two years to determine who will hold various local offices including Mayor and City Council positions.
The political climate in Zip 57430 (Britton, SD) is moderately conservative.
Marshall County, SD is moderately conservative. In Marshall County, SD 39.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marshall county remained very strongly Republican, 59.1% to 39.4%.
Marshall county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57430 (Britton, SD) is moderately conservative.
Britton, South Dakota is moderately conservative.
Marshall County, South Dakota 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.
Britton, South Dakota: r r 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 57430 (Britton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 73 contributions totaling $9,636 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $132 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 68 contributions totaling $44,106 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $649 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)