The small town of Ashton, SD (Zip Code 57424) is located in Union County and has a population of around 1,326 people. Despite its size, the town has a strong sense of community and its politics reflect that. Local political candidates often center their campaigns on issues like improving infrastructure, keeping taxes low, and supporting local businesses. Ashton residents are known for being fiercely independent and take pride in their ability to make their own decisions without outside influence. With a long history of local involvement in politics, it's no surprise that many residents choose to actively participate in the electoral process to ensure their voices are heard.
The political climate in Zip 57424 (Ashton, SD) is very conservative.
Spink County, SD is very conservative. In Spink County, SD 31.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Spink county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.5% to 31.6%.
Spink county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57424 (Ashton, SD) is very conservative.
Ashton, South Dakota is very conservative.
Spink 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.
Ashton, 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 57424 (Ashton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $905 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $181 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)