The small town of 57475 Tolstoy, SD is a rural community consisting of approximately 500 people. It is located in the western part of South Dakota and has a rich history. In terms of politics, it is part of the larger Codington County and is represented at the state level by Senator John Thune in the United States Senate, and Representative Dusty Johnson in the United States House of Representatives. At the local level, it is governed by a mayor-council system of government with five city council members who are elected by the citizens to serve two year terms. The city also holds regular elections for various offices including sheriff, treasurer and aldermen. Local political candidates often focus on issues that directly affect 57475 Tolstoy's residents such as infrastructure improvements, public safety initiatives and economic development opportunities.
The political climate in Zip 57475 (Tolstoy, SD) is very conservative.
Potter County, SD is very conservative. In Potter County, SD 16.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Potter county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.5% to 16.4%.
Potter county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57475 (Tolstoy, SD) is very conservative.
Tolstoy, South Dakota is very conservative.
Potter 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.
Tolstoy, 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 57475 (Tolstoy)
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)