Alpha, SD is a small town located in the rural Midwest. Despite its small size, politics still play an important role in the day-to-day life of Alpha’s citizens. Alpha is home to various local and state political parties such as the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. Residents are encouraged to engage in civic activities by participating in their local political organizations or attending candidate forums for local races. Local candidates usually come from each of these parties and have a wide range of views and solutions for the issues facing Alpha’s citizens. The town hall meetings are also an excellent opportunity for residents to get involved in their community by voicing opinions on topics like taxes, economic growth, education, healthcare, infrastructure investments and more. Although there is no single candidate that represents every resident’s interests, citizens can still make their voices heard at the ballot box during elections. Alpha's political landscape offers its residents a chance to become active participants in government discussions that will shape their future as members of this small community.
The political climate in Alpha, SD is very conservative.
Hand County, SD is very conservative. In Hand County, SD 20.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hand county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.1% to 20.3%.
Hand county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Alpha, SD is very conservative.
Hand 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.
Alpha, 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 Alpha, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17 contributions totaling $2,630 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $2,520 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $360 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)