The small town of Andover, South Dakota is located in the picturesque Black Hills region of the state. With a population estimated at only around 200 people, Andover is an intimate and tight-knit community that is highly involved in local politics. With all residents having a voice and a vote, the political climate of Andover has been characterized as a \"town hall\" style of democracy. Local elections are held each year to decide on matters such as zoning ordinances, tax exemptions, park maintenance, and other important decisions about the future of the community. Candidates for local office are usually chosen from among the current or former citizens of Andover and are well-known figures within their communities. Votes are cast by paper ballot during local election days held throughout the year. It's clear that politics play an important role in keeping this small town running smoothly, and it's safe to say that Andover residents take their civic duties seriously!
The political climate in Zip 57422 (Andover, SD) is strongly conservative.
Day County, SD is strongly conservative. In Day County, SD 35.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Day county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.1% to 35.5%.
Day county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57422 (Andover, SD) is strongly conservative.
Andover, South Dakota is strongly conservative.
Day County, South Dakota is strongly 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.
Andover, 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 57422 (Andover)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $1,280 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $142 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)