The small town of 57301 Mitchell, SD is best known for its strong sense of community and tight-knit relationships. People from all walks of life come together to celebrate festivals, attend sporting events, and support one another. The city also has a long history with politics. Local elections take place every year to decide the mayor, four commissioners who sit on the City Council, and other positions in the city government. Candidates are nominated by local citizens and then run in a campaign focused on their convictions and plans for the future of Mitchell. Voting is open to everyone registered in the city limits, making it easy for citizens to make their voices heard. As a relatively small village, Mitchell offers residents an opportunity to be part of something special - local politics that are very much at the heart of everyday life.
The political climate in Zip 57301 (Mitchell, SD) is strongly conservative.
Davison County, SD is very conservative. In Davison County, SD 31.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Davison county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.4% to 31.3%.
Davison county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57301 (Mitchell, SD) is strongly conservative.
Mitchell, South Dakota is strongly conservative.
Davison County, South Dakota is very conservative.
Mitchell Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Mitchell, 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 57301 (Mitchell)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 213 contributions totaling $44,480 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $209 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 532 contributions totaling $233,016 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $438 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)