Martin, South Dakota is located in Tripp County and is a small rural community with an estimated population of 600. The local government operates under the mayor-alderman form of government, which consists of a mayor, five aldermen and several appointed committees. Local elections are held every two years and the current mayor is Bruce Miller. The city council oversees the day to day operations such as budgeting, public works, police protection and other general administrative tasks. They also represent the citizens in local decision making by making resolutions on a variety of matters including zoning and land use regulations. The city also has various committees made up of volunteers from the community that work to promote economic development in Martin. All in all, Martin may be small but it still boasts vibrant local politics that help to shape its future.
The political climate in Zip 57551 (Martin, SD) is moderately conservative.
Bennett County, SD is moderately conservative. In Bennett County, SD 39.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bennett county remained very strongly Republican, 58.7% to 39.4%.
Bennett county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57551 (Martin, SD) is moderately conservative.
Martin, South Dakota is moderately conservative.
Bennett County, South Dakota is moderately 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.
Martin, 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 57551 (Martin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 22 contributions totaling $5,630 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $256 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 26 contributions totaling $11,875 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $457 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)