Olivet, SD is a small town located in Minnehaha County with a population of around 570 people. It is home to many small businesses and is an integral part of the community. Politically, Olivet is represented in the South Dakota Legislature by Senator Reynold Nesiba and Representative Julie Frye-Mueller. Both these representatives have been elected to their positions by their constituents and are committed to providing local representation for the citizens of Olivet. They have worked together on numerous bills that affect issues such as education, healthcare, public safety, and infrastructure. The people of Olivet appreciate their efforts in ensuring that the local needs are met and their voices are heard.
The political climate in Zip 57052 (Olivet, SD) is very conservative.
Hutchinson County, SD is very conservative. In Hutchinson County, SD 20.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hutchinson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.2% to 20.2%.
Hutchinson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57052 (Olivet, SD) is very conservative.
Olivet, South Dakota is very conservative.
Hutchinson 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.
Olivet, 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 57052 (Olivet)
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 1 contributions totaling $600 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $600 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)