The small community of 57274 Webster, SD is a place filled with friendly people and a strong sense of community. Politics in the area are mainly focused on local issues that have an immediate impact on the citizens as well as the surrounding communities. The town is part of the larger Marshall County and beyond that the entire state of South Dakota. Local political candidates focus on making sure that taxes are at an acceptable level, that public services are available to all citizens, and that the infrastructure is kept up to date. They also try to ensure that schools have adequate funding and resources for their students. In addition, they strive to keep crime rates low so that everyone can feel safe in their community.
The political climate in Zip 57274 (Webster, SD) is strongly conservative.
Day County, SD is strongly conservative. In Day County, SD 35.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Day county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.1% to 35.5%.
Day county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57274 (Webster, SD) is strongly conservative.
Webster, South Dakota is strongly conservative.
Day County, South Dakota is strongly 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.
Webster, South Dakota: r d D d 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 57274 (Webster)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 22 contributions totaling $2,805 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $128 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 54 contributions totaling $4,131 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)