Kimball, South Dakota is a small town with a population of just under 400 people. Despite its small size, Kimball has a vibrant political culture, with active local organizations and discussions surrounding important issues. From time to time, members of the community will organize debates between contenders for local offices or other representatives from different political parties in order to keep the public informed on the latest news and events. Recently there have been several initiatives from the city government concerning renewable energy sources as well as affordable housing initiatives which have been met with great enthusiasm from the citizens of Kimball. Although Kimball is a relatively small town, its citizens are passionate about their politics and take an active role in supporting their representatives and advocating for policies that benefit their community.
The political climate in Kimball, SD is strongly conservative.
Brule County, SD is very conservative. In Brule County, SD 27.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brule county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.3% to 27.0%.
Brule county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kimball, SD is strongly conservative.
Brule 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.
Kimball, 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 Kimball, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 22 contributions totaling $5,490 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $13,100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $873 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)