The small, rural town of 57380 Wagner, SD has a population of around 1,500 people. The majority of the citizens are conservative and the political views in the area are generally quite traditional. Local elections take place every two years to elect representatives for city offices such as mayor, council members, treasurer, clerk, etc. There is no specific party affiliation that candidates must have when running for office in 57380 Wagner; however, most of the local candidates tend to be Republican or Independent. In recent years there has been some changes in terms of who has been elected to local offices. It is important for citizens to participate in elections by voting and researching different local candidates so that their opinion is heard and taken into consideration when it comes time to elect new officials.
The political climate in Zip 57380 (Wagner, SD) is strongly conservative.
Charles Mix County, SD is very conservative. In Charles Mix County, SD 31.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Charles Mix county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.5% to 31.1%.
Charles Mix county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57380 (Wagner, SD) is strongly conservative.
Wagner, South Dakota is strongly conservative.
Charles Mix 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.
Wagner, 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 57380 (Wagner)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $1,050 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $263 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $8,459 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $564 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)