Vermillion, South Dakota is a small city located in Clay County, just south of the North Dakota border. As of 2020, it has an estimated population of about 11,000 people. In terms of politics, Vermillion falls in line with the rest of the state as it is strongly Republican. The current mayor of Vermillion is Steve Erpenbach and there are five City Council members who advocate for the interests of the local community. The citizens in Vermillion take their political views very seriously and often turn up to vote in each election cycle. Local issues are widely discussed and debated among the citizens to determine the best course for the city's future. Every four years, residents also turn out to support their preferred candidate for President as well as those running for state and federal offices. The local elections are equally important to many Vermillion residents and they are dedicated to making sure their voices are heard through their votes.
The political climate in Zip 57069 (Vermillion, SD) is somewhat liberal.
Clay County, SD is somewhat liberal. In Clay County, SD 54.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clay county remained strongly Democratic, 54.1% to 43.1%.
Clay county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57069 (Vermillion, SD) is somewhat liberal.
Vermillion, South Dakota is somewhat liberal.
Clay County, South Dakota is somewhat liberal.
Vermillion Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Vermillion, South Dakota: d D D D d D
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 57069 (Vermillion)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 744 contributions totaling $46,013 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 90 contributions totaling $18,245 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $203 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)