Kones Corner, SD Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Kones Corner

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Kones Corner is a Republican stronghold. About 17% of voters here vote Democratic and 83% Republican.

 

About 77% of adults in Kones Corner typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Kones Corner, ~13% vote Democratic, ~64% Republican, and ~23% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Kones Corner compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Kones Corner leans more Republican than 24 of 30 neighbors.

Kones Corner runs about 36 points more Republican than South Dakota as a whole.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Kones Corner. The west side is the most Republican-leaning (R+78) and the east side is the least Republican-leaning (R+56), a spread of about 21 points.

Why Kones Corner leans the way it does

This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Kones Corner, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 78% of households in Kones Corner are family households, about 12 points above the U.S. average of 67%.

Population density and Republican lean

Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Kones Corner, SD sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in Kones Corner looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Kones Corner is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 70%, about 10 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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Sources and methodology

Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from South Dakota Secretary of State, Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.

Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.

Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.