Lesterville, SD is a small town located in the rolling hills of South Dakota. It is a close-knit community with a population of roughly 5,000 people. Local politics play an important role in the lives of residents as it influences decisions on issues such as infrastructure, public safety, and economic development. Recently, the city council has been discussing strategies to revitalize the town’s historic downtown district which will be key to increasing business opportunities for local entrepreneurs and creating jobs within the community. The current mayor of Lesterville is Steven Larson and he is running for re-election this year against challenger Jessica Eddy. Residents are invited to attend City Council meetings where they can learn more about both candidates and express their views on important topics facing the town.
The political climate in Zip 57040 (Lesterville, SD) is strongly conservative.
Yankton County, SD is moderately conservative. In Yankton County, SD 36.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Yankton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.4% to 36.8%.
Yankton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57040 (Lesterville, SD) is strongly conservative.
Lesterville, South Dakota is strongly conservative.
Yankton County, South Dakota is moderately conservative.
Yankton Metro Area is moderately 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.
Lesterville, 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 57040 (Lesterville)
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 9 contributions totaling $2,037 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $226 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)