The town of Midland, SD is a small community nestled in the rolling hills of rural South Dakota. The population of 57552 residents is primarily made up of middle-class families who are generally content with the status quo. Politically, Midland tends to lean toward moderate conservatism, although there is a fair amount of support for both Democratic and Republican candidates. During local elections, voters are given the opportunity to choose from a range of candidates representing both major parties. Local politicians often engage in debates and forums to discuss important issues facing the community and ensure that their constituents' voices are heard. In addition to national issues such as healthcare and taxes, local politicians are also involved in more localized matters such as infrastructure development and agricultural policy.
The political climate in Zip 57552 (Midland, SD) is very conservative.
Haakon County, SD is very conservative. In Haakon County, SD 9.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 90.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Haakon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 90.2% to 9.2%.
Haakon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57552 (Midland, SD) is very conservative.
Midland, South Dakota is very conservative.
Haakon 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.
Midland, 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 57552 (Midland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 28 contributions totaling $7,534 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $269 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $1,275 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $128 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)