Wallace, SD Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Wallace

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

Wallace is a Republican stronghold. About 23% of voters here vote Democratic and 77% Republican.

 

About 66% of adults in Wallace typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Wallace, ~15% vote Democratic, ~50% Republican, and ~35% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Wallace compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Wallace leans more Republican than 11 of 21 neighbors.

Wallace runs about 26 points more Republican than South Dakota as a whole.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Wallace. The west side is the most Republican-leaning (R+58) and the northwest side is the least Republican-leaning (R+45), a spread of about 13 points.

Why Wallace 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 Wallace, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Wallace, about 94% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 21 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 8 points below the South Dakota average of 26%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Wallace sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 4%, below 85% of cities). A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 77% of households in Wallace are family households, above 83% of cities.

Paved land cover and Republican lean

Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Wallace, SD sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.

Why turnout in Wallace looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Wallace 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%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 90% of households in Wallace own their home, about 15 points above the U.S. average of 75%. 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.