Yankton, SD 57078 is a small city located in southeastern South Dakota with a population of approximately 14,000 people. The city is home to many small businesses, and is proud of its strong sense of community and neighborly spirit. Politically, Yankton leans towards the conservative side with most local voters being registered Republicans. Although there are no local political candidates running for office at this time, the citizens of Yankton generally agree on issues such as limited taxation and limited government regulation. Because of this, Yankton has seen several economic successes over the past few years, including an increase in jobs and investment in the community. Residents take pride in their town’s commitment to fiscal responsibility while still investing in important public services such as education, parks, and public safety.
The political climate in Zip 57078 (Yankton, SD) is moderately conservative.
Yankton County, SD is moderately conservative. In Yankton County, SD 36.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Yankton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.4% to 36.8%.
Yankton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57078 (Yankton, SD) is moderately conservative.
Yankton, South Dakota is moderately conservative.
Yankton County, South Dakota is moderately conservative.
Yankton Metro Area is moderately 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.
Yankton, 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 57078 (Yankton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 353 contributions totaling $29,746 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 450 contributions totaling $139,340 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $310 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)