Dempster, SD is a small town in the Midwestern United States. Although it is home to a small population, Dempster has an active political landscape. Residents of Dempster are passionate about their local politics and pride themselves on staying informed and involved with their community. Local political candidates come from all walks of life and represent a range of views and perspectives. Every election cycle brings new faces to the forefront as candidates work to make their voices heard. Despite its small size, Dempster is a vibrant place that pays careful attention to its local politics.
The political climate in Dempster, SD is very conservative.
Hamlin County, SD is very conservative. In Hamlin County, SD 21.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hamlin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.9% to 21.0%.
Hamlin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dempster, SD is very conservative.
Hamlin 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.
Dempster, 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 Dempster, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 25 contributions totaling $1,604 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $3,350 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $209 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)