The small town of Jefferson, SD (zip code 57038) is a tight-knit community that takes pride in its political engagement. The local residents are passionate about expressing their political points of view and strive to make their voices heard. Political campaigns in the area often revolve around topics related to jobs, health care, education, and the environment. Every election cycle there is an influx of candidates seeking to represent the town on the local, state, and even federal level. While these candidates do not always agree on the best solutions for Jefferson’s challenges, they all strive for what they believe is best for their constituents. Political debates and town hall meetings are common occurrences during election season where citizens can get involved and have their opinions heard by their representatives in government.
The political climate in Zip 57038 (Jefferson, SD) is very conservative.
Union County, SD is very conservative. In Union County, SD 30.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Union county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.1% to 30.8%.
Union county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57038 (Jefferson, SD) is very conservative.
Jefferson, South Dakota is very conservative.
Union County, South Dakota is very conservative.
Sioux City Metro Area is strongly 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.
Jefferson, 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 57038 (Jefferson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $1,100 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $275 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 47 contributions totaling $56,900 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,211 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)