Raymond, SD is a small rural town located in the northeast corner of South Dakota. With a population of just over 600 people, the town is home to an active local government that works hard to ensure the well-being of its residents. The current mayor is Erik Gienger, who was elected in 2020. In addition to the mayor’s office, Raymond has a four member city council consisting of Jay Nordby, Brandon Janssen, Matt Fischbach and Harold Riplinger. Throughout their tenure as elected officials, this governing body has worked diligently to create policies that benefit all members of the community by addressing things such as infrastructure development and public safety. In addition to the local government of Raymond, residents also have representatives at both state and federal levels; Senator John Thune and Representative Dusty Johnson both serve on behalf of 57258 Raymond, SD in Washington D.C..
The political climate in Zip 57258 (Raymond, SD) is very conservative.
Clark County, SD is very conservative. In Clark County, SD 23.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clark county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.2% to 23.6%.
Clark county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57258 (Raymond, SD) is very conservative.
Raymond, South Dakota is very conservative.
Clark 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.
Raymond, 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 57258 (Raymond)
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 13 contributions totaling $1,220 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)