Presho, South Dakota is a small town in Lyman County with a population of just under 600 people. Located along the Missouri River, Presho has a mayor and council that handle all local government decisions. The current Mayor is Josh Lee and the City Council consists of Erika Heydon, Donna Burns, Joe Annis, Mike Schuster, and Mary Hoggatt. Each year the residents of Presho vote to elect representatives to the city council to serve for two-year terms. Along with their regular meetings held at City Hall, the Mayor and Council also host public hearings where citizens can share feedback on proposed changes or ordinances within the city limits. Residents are encouraged to be involved in their local government by attending these meetings or voting in elections for their representatives.
The political climate in Presho, SD is strongly conservative.
Lyman County, SD is very conservative. In Lyman County, SD 32.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lyman county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.2% to 32.9%.
Lyman county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Presho, SD is strongly conservative.
Lyman County, South Dakota is very 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.
Presho, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Presho, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $5,375 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $896 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $1,659 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)