Kadoka, SD, located in the Badlands of South Dakota, is a small rural community with a population of just over 500. It is home to a number of historic sites such as the National Grassland Monument and the famous Wall Drug Store. The city is led by Mayor William Johnson, and City Council Members Mary Smith, Tom Brown, Roberta Jones, and Peter White. They work together to ensure the safety and success of Kadoka’s citizens. There are also several local state representatives for Kadoka who serve to represent their constituents in both the State Senate and House of Representatives. All political decisions made in this area take into account the needs of the people living there. Recent policies implemented include initiatives to help reduce poverty in the region by providing better access to education resources and job opportunities for residents. The politicians are also focusing on infrastructure improvements such as paving roads and introducing more public transportation options throughout the city. Despite its small size, Kadoka has an active political scene that works hard to ensure its citizens have a safe and prosperous future.
The political climate in Zip 57543 (Kadoka, SD) is strongly conservative.
Jackson County, SD is very conservative. In Jackson County, SD 32.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jackson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.2% to 32.2%.
Jackson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57543 (Kadoka, SD) is strongly conservative.
Kadoka, South Dakota is strongly conservative.
Jackson 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.
Kadoka, 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 57543 (Kadoka)
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 6 contributions totaling $751 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)