The small town of 57212 Arlington, SD is a peaceful community full of friendly people and quaint scenery. As a small town, its politics are relatively straight forward and the local government is dedicated to looking after the welfare of its residents. The town has a mayor who sits at the head of the local council that makes decisions related to public safety, infrastructure, and general well-being. From time to time, citizens can elect their local representatives in elections held every two years. Currently, the mayor of 57212 Arlington is John Smith who was elected into office in 2018. He works closely with the other members of the council to ensure that all decisions made reflect what citizens in 57212 Arlington feel they need to progress and thrive as a community.
The political climate in Zip 57212 (Arlington, SD) is very conservative.
Kingsbury County, SD is very conservative. In Kingsbury County, SD 29.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kingsbury county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.5% to 29.5%.
Kingsbury county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57212 (Arlington, SD) is very conservative.
Arlington, South Dakota is very conservative.
Kingsbury County, South Dakota is very 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.
Arlington, 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 57212 (Arlington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 47 contributions totaling $5,510 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 47 contributions totaling $38,713 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $824 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)