Fort Thompson, SD is a small rural community that has a deep history and culture. It is located in central South Dakota, near the Missouri River. The community is made up of many Native American tribes, including the Yankton Sioux Tribe, Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, and Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate. Although Fort Thompson is not very large, it has had a long and complex relationship with politics. The local government consists of six elected officials from each tribe in the area. These elected officials represent their respective tribes on issues such as economic development, education, health care, infrastructure projects, and environmental protection. Additionally, regional elections are held annually to vote for representatives from each tribal area who will serve both on the local government council and in the State Legislature. This ensures that every person in Fort Thompson has a voice in state politics.
The political climate in Fort Thompson, SD is somewhat liberal.
Buffalo County, SD is strongly liberal. In Buffalo County, SD 64.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 33.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Buffalo county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 64.1% to 33.3%.
Buffalo county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fort Thompson, SD is somewhat liberal.
Buffalo County, South Dakota is strongly liberal.
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.
Fort Thompson, South Dakota: D D D D D D
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 Fort Thompson, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $74 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)