57385 Woonsocket, SD is located in the Sanborn County of South Dakota and is home to a wide variety of political candidates. The county's main political party affiliations are Republican, Democratic, and Independent. Each party has their own unique platform on issues such as education, healthcare, taxation, and environmental protection. In recent times, the Republican party has held the majority of local seats in Sanborn County. Despite this fact, voters have had the opportunity to voice their opinions through various local candidates that come from varied political backgrounds and beliefs. These candidates strive to represent the needs and concerns of their constituents while also advocating for important national issues within the surrounding area. While not all local candidates will win elections or serve in office, they are nonetheless an important part of the democratic process in 57385 Woonsocket, SD.
The political climate in Zip 57385 (Woonsocket, SD) is very conservative.
Sanborn County, SD is very conservative. In Sanborn County, SD 21.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sanborn county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.4% to 21.7%.
Sanborn county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57385 (Woonsocket, SD) is very conservative.
Woonsocket, South Dakota is very conservative.
Sanborn 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.
Woonsocket, 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 57385 (Woonsocket)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 56 contributions totaling $1,936 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 32 contributions totaling $12,593 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $394 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)