The small town of Corona, South Dakota has a population of just over 200 people and is the county seat of Grant County. As with most rural areas, politics in Corona tend to be rather conservative. The Republican Party dominates local politics and the Grant County Commission is currently composed entirely of Republicans. The Mayor is also a Republican, as are the current members of the City Council. There have been some spirited debates over local issues in recent years, but those debates generally have not been too partisan or divisive. With such a small population, almost everyone knows each other and shares similar values, so political discourse remains focused on practical solutions rather than ideological differences. As a result, it's not surprising that local elections tend to have low voter turnout since most residents already know who they will vote for before they even cast their ballots.
The political climate in Zip 57227 (Corona, SD) is moderately conservative.
Roberts County, SD is somewhat conservative. In Roberts County, SD 42.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Roberts county remained strongly Republican, 55.8% to 42.4%.
Roberts county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57227 (Corona, SD) is moderately conservative.
Corona, South Dakota is moderately conservative.
Roberts County, South Dakota is somewhat 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.
Corona, 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 57227 (Corona)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14 contributions totaling $650 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $4,700 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $940 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)