The small town of Garretson, SD (57030) is a friendly and tight-knit community. Located in Minnehaha County, the politics of the town are largely centered around local issues such as economic and infrastructure development, the expansion of public services, and maintaining strong educational systems. Local candidates for government office often have a direct connection to the people of Garretson, and they put the needs of their community first. In recent years, there has been an increase in civic engagement amongst residents due to a growing focus on making sure that their voices are heard in matters concerning their town and county. The people of Garretson take pride in being involved in local politics and take care to ensure that their elected officials are responsive to the needs of their constituents.
The political climate in Zip 57030 (Garretson, SD) is moderately conservative.
Minnehaha County, SD is somewhat conservative. In Minnehaha County, SD 43.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Minnehaha county remained moderately Republican, 53.3% to 43.8%.
Minnehaha county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57030 (Garretson, SD) is moderately conservative.
Garretson, South Dakota is moderately conservative.
Minnehaha County, South Dakota is somewhat 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.
Garretson, South Dakota: R R d 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 57030 (Garretson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 80 contributions totaling $24,880 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $311 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 37 contributions totaling $11,438 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $309 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)