Aberdeen, South Dakota, located in Brown County, is a vibrant and diverse community. Although small in size, it is home to many residents who are invested in their local politics. There are a variety of organizations and groups advocating for the people of Aberdeen, such as the Brown County Democratic Party and the Statewide Indivisible Movement. These groups work to ensure that local government operates with transparency and fairness and fight for progressive causes like climate justice, economic security, and health care access. In addition to these grassroots organizations, elected officials such as state legislators represent Aberdeen at state level. Regardless of political affiliation or ideology, residents of 57401 work together to ensure that all voices are heard on important issues.
The political climate in Zip 57401 (Aberdeen, SD) is moderately conservative.
Brown County, SD is moderately conservative. In Brown County, SD 37.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brown county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.3% to 37.3%.
Brown county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57401 (Aberdeen, SD) is moderately conservative.
Aberdeen, South Dakota is moderately conservative.
Brown County, South Dakota is moderately conservative.
Aberdeen Metro Area is strongly 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.
Aberdeen, South Dakota: R R d 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 57401 (Aberdeen)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 471 contributions totaling $57,204 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 754 contributions totaling $174,471 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $231 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)