Chancellor, South Dakota is a small rural town located in Lincoln County, with a population of 1,947 according to the 2010 census. Generally speaking, the politics of Chancellor are conservative and largely reflective of South Dakota statewide values. The most recent elections for state level offices have seen Republican candidates winning by wide margins. The state currently has two Republican representatives in the United States House of Representatives and both United States Senate seats held by Republicans as well. At the local level, many residents are members of the local Republican Party or vote for conservative candidates in local elections. Additionally, the majority of city council members in Chancellor are Republicans and affiliated with conservative values.
The political climate in Zip 57015 (Chancellor, SD) is very conservative.
Turner County, SD is very conservative. In Turner County, SD 25.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Turner county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.3% to 25.0%.
Turner county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57015 (Chancellor, SD) is very conservative.
Chancellor, South Dakota is very conservative.
Turner County, South Dakota is very conservative.
Sioux Falls Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Chancellor, 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 57015 (Chancellor)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $1,760 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $587 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $1,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $333 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)