Herman, SD is a small town located in central South Dakota. It has a rich history dating back to its founding in 1884. Politically, Herman is part of the larger Hughes County and often votes according to the same political trends as its county neighbors. The town's voting trends are mainly conservative and show support for traditional values and issues such as keeping taxes low, supporting small businesses, and advocating for job growth in the area. Additionally, there are several local political clubs that work to ensure transparency and public engagement in decision-making processes on state and county levels. Local elections are always contested between the conservative Republican Party candidate and whichever Democratic or Independent Party candidate is running at the time; however, most elections have seen a Republican majority.
The political climate in Herman, SD is strongly conservative.
Lake County, SD is strongly conservative. In Lake County, SD 35.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.7% to 35.2%.
Lake county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Herman, SD is strongly conservative.
Lake County, South Dakota is strongly 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.
Herman, South Dakota: r R d 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 Herman, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,080 contributions totaling $40,649 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 245 contributions totaling $70,096 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $286 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)