Madison is a small town located in South Dakota, with a population of about 2,000 people. The politics of Madison are largely conservative in nature, with many of the local politicians representing traditional values. The current mayor of Madison is Steve Hecht and the city council consists of five members. They are responsible for all legislative action and decisions that affect the town. There are also several other state representatives from the area, including state senators and assemblymen who have been elected to represent the residents of Madison. These representatives often work together to promote policies that benefit their constituents. Despite its small size, Madison still has an active political atmosphere where debates over issues can be held between different candidates or parties.
The political climate in Zip 57042 (Madison, SD) is strongly conservative.
Lake County, SD is strongly conservative. In Lake County, SD 35.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.7% to 35.2%.
Lake county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57042 (Madison, SD) is strongly conservative.
Madison, South Dakota is strongly conservative.
Lake County, South Dakota is strongly 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.
Madison, 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 57042 (Madison)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,080 contributions totaling $40,649 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 245 contributions totaling $70,096 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $286 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)