Tschetter Colony is a Republican stronghold. About 16% of voters here vote Democratic and 84% Republican.
About 83% of adults in Tschetter Colony typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Tschetter Colony, ~13% vote Democratic, ~70% Republican, and ~17% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Tschetter Colony compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Tschetter Colony leans more Republican than 17 of 25 neighbors.
Tschetter Colony runs about 38 points more Republican than South Dakota as a whole.
Why Tschetter Colony 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 Tschetter Colony, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 82% of households in Tschetter Colony are family households, about 15 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Rural areas with a high white share vote Republican. Non-Hispanic white share in Tschetter Colony is about 95%, about 22 points above the U.S. average of 72%.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Tschetter Colony, SD sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Tschetter Colony looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Tschetter Colony 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 69%, about 9 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 98% of adults in Tschetter Colony have completed high school, above 97% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Olivet, SD R+70
- Milltown, SD R+69
- Menno, SD R+65
- Freeman, SD R+60
- New Elm Springs Colony, SD R+69
- Dolton, SD R+59
- Scotland, SD R+63
- Emery, SD R+69
- Bridgewater, SD R+57
Cities with Similar Populations
- View, TX R+71
- Radom, IL R+57
- Seigler Springs, CA D+4
- Dundaff, PA R+21
- Buffalo Mills, PA R+71
- Hix, WV R+54
- Reydon, OK R+83
- Marl, AL R+86
- Tom, OK R+49
- Orange Springs, FL R+61
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.