Farmer, SD is a small rural community in the Midwest United States. It has a long history of small-town politics and is currently governed by a city council that consists of five council members elected every two years. The council works together to make decisions on important issues such as public safety, infrastructure projects, and economic development. In addition to the city government, Farmer also has a local sheriff’s office and police department that work diligently to keep the peace in the town. Local elections are held every two years, allowing residents to choose who they want to represent them at the local level. Over the last few years, local politics in Farmer have focused on increasing public safety by implementing new security initiatives and improving infrastructure, such as repairing roads and bridges. It is clear that Farmer's citizens take their political responsibilities seriously — each election displays a strong voter turnout rate from all age groups.
The political climate in Farmer, SD is very conservative.
Hanson County, SD is very conservative. In Hanson County, SD 23.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hanson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.1% to 23.3%.
Hanson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Farmer, SD is very conservative.
Hanson County, South Dakota is very conservative.
Mitchell Metro Area 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.
Farmer, 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 Farmer, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $400 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $400 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $3,770 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $269 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)