Volga, SD, located in Brookings County, is a small town with a population of around 700 people. Despite its small size and population, the town still plays an important role in politics in the surrounding community. Local elections are held every two years for mayor and city council positions. The current mayor is Darryl Mechels and the four members of the city council are Sandy Walters, Tammy Anderson, Cyndi Cookson, and Ryan Nelson. All of these elected officials strive to serve their constituents with honesty and integrity, working to make decisions that best represent the people of Volga. They take into consideration the opinions of citizens on matters such as infrastructure improvements, safety initiatives, economic growth strategies, and more. It is encouraging to see such active participation from local government in this rural area of South Dakota.
The political climate in Zip 57071 (Volga, SD) is moderately conservative.
Brookings County, SD is somewhat conservative. In Brookings County, SD 41.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brookings county remained strongly Republican, 54.9% to 41.9%.
Brookings county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57071 (Volga, SD) is moderately conservative.
Volga, South Dakota is moderately conservative.
Brookings County, South Dakota is somewhat conservative.
Brookings Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
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.
Volga, South Dakota: R R d 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 57071 (Volga)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 37 contributions totaling $2,630 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 29 contributions totaling $9,181 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $317 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)