Fair, SD is a small city with a population of approximately 4,000 people. As such, it is primarily governed by the local town council and mayor, who are elected to oversee the day-to-day issues of the city. The town council consists of seven elected members who hold two-year terms and serve on committees such as public works, finance, and public safety. The current mayor of Fair is Thomas Smith who was elected in 2019 and serves as a spokesperson for the city. The town council meets twice per month in order to discuss important local issues such as economic development, infrastructure improvements, education initiatives, and public safety measures. Each member is dedicated to making sure Fair remains a safe and inclusive place for its citizens. In addition to the town council meetings there are also regular elections held every two years for both city officials and representatives at the state level. These elections help ensure that everyone in Fair has a voice in how their community is managed and developed.
The political climate in Fair, SD is very conservative.
Hutchinson County, SD is very conservative. In Hutchinson County, SD 20.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hutchinson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.2% to 20.2%.
Hutchinson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fair, SD is very conservative.
Hutchinson 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.
Fair, 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 Fair, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 54 contributions totaling $4,479 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)