German, South Dakota is a small town located in the southeastern corner of the state. It is a rural area with a population of approximately 598 people, according to the 2019 U.S. census estimates. The town has its own mayor and city council that make up the local government and provide services to residents. In recent years, the local government has been focusing on economic development initiatives to attract new businesses and create more job opportunities for residents. The most recent election in German took place in 2020 and saw incumbent Mayor Chad Fuchs win re-election against challenger Kari Nelson. Mayor Fuchs is supported by alderman Aaron Stehr, Brian Stromer, Jerry Cramer, and Janelle Tschetter on the city council. Together they are working to ensure that German remains a great place to live for all its citizens.
The political climate in German, 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
German, 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.
German, 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 German, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 20 contributions totaling $691 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 69 contributions totaling $8,379 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)