Kilborn, SD is a small town situated in the rural Midwest. With a population of just over 5,000 people, it maintains a tight-knit community atmosphere where everyone knows each other. Politics in Kilborn are focused on local issues such as education, zoning regulations, and taxation. The city is managed by an elected mayor and council who work together to ensure that its residents are taken care of. During election season, local candidates often host events to discuss their platforms and get to know the citizens of Kilborn better. Local elections are also heavily influenced by the opinions of those living in the town, making them an important part of deciding which candidate should be elected into office.
The political climate in Kilborn, SD is very conservative.
Grant County, SD is very conservative. In Grant County, SD 28.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grant county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.9% to 28.2%.
Grant county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kilborn, SD is very conservative.
Grant 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.
Kilborn, 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 Kilborn, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14 contributions totaling $650 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 159 contributions totaling $18,920 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)