Roscoe, SD is a small rural town located in the Upper Midwest region of the United States. The town has a population of just over 500 people and is known for its strong sense of community. Roscoe is currently governed by an elected mayor and four members on the city council. The current mayor, Bob Thompson, is running for reelection this November and appears to be favored by most local voters. Local candidates for other positions include Mary Johnson, who has served on the city council since 2014, and John Smith, who is running for mayor. Both have made it clear that they are interested in taking steps to make Roscoe a better community to live in. They have promised to address issues such as infrastructure repairs, economic development, and education reform if elected. It looks like Roscoe will be facing some major changes when the elections come around this year!
The political climate in Roscoe, SD is very conservative.
Edmunds County, SD is very conservative. In Edmunds County, SD 21.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Edmunds county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.5% to 21.0%.
Edmunds county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Roscoe, SD is very conservative.
Edmunds County, South Dakota is very conservative.
Aberdeen Metro Area is strongly 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.
Roscoe, 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 Roscoe, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $450 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $225 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $4,156 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $693 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)