Morristown, SD 57645 is a small rural town located in the southeastern part of South Dakota. The population of Morristown is estimated to be around 170 people, and it is home to many farms and ranches. Despite its small size, Morristown has an active political environment with many local candidates running for office. In the 2020 election, there were three candidates vying for mayor: incumbent Mayor Jack Jackson, challenger Alex Johnson, and write-in candidate Robert Smith. All three had unique visions for the future of Morristown and were eager to get their message out to the citizens of the town. While no single candidate won a majority of votes, Mayor Jackson was re-elected after receiving the most votes in a close contest. While local politics may not always be as exciting as national elections, the residents of Morristown are passionate about their community and take their civic duties very seriously.
The political climate in Zip 57645 (Morristown, SD) is somewhat conservative.
Corson County, SD is leaning conservative. In Corson County, SD 48.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Corson county remained narrowly Republican, 50.4% to 48.5%.
Corson county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57645 (Morristown, SD) is somewhat conservative.
Morristown, South Dakota is somewhat conservative.
Corson County, South Dakota is leaning 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.
Morristown, South Dakota: r D D D 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 57645 (Morristown)
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 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)