Highmore, SD is a small rural town in the southeastern corner of South Dakota. Politically, it has a strong conservative base, with many residents belonging to the Republican party. The town is represented by several local political figures, all of whom have served their community for many years. Issues that are important to Highmore's voters include taxes, education funding, and economic development. In recent elections, there has been an emphasis on increasing public safety and creating jobs for the citizens of Highmore. All in all, politics in Highmore are driven by civic engagement and a shared commitment to making the town a great place to live.
The political climate in Highmore, SD is strongly conservative.
Hyde County, SD is very conservative. In Hyde County, SD 19.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hyde county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.4% to 19.2%.
Hyde county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Highmore, SD is strongly conservative.
Hyde 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.
Highmore, 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 Highmore, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $200 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $29 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $10,050 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $503 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)