Beaver, SD is a small town situated in the rural areas of South Dakota. Although it has a relatively small population, Beaver hosts a variety of municipal and local elections every year. These elections are held to elect the mayor, city council, and school board members for the town. In addition to these local government-led elections, voters in Beaver can cast their ballots in state and national elections for representatives across different levels of government. Residents of Beaver have typically voted along more conservative lines than those across the rest of South Dakota, with most recently favoring Republicans over Democrats in statewide elections. In addition to local and state politics, many residents of Beaver also remain engaged with national political events as well.
The political climate in Beaver, SD is very conservative.
Miner County, SD is very conservative. In Miner County, SD 28.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Miner county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.2% to 28.1%.
Miner county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Beaver, SD is very conservative.
Miner 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.
Beaver, 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 Beaver, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19 contributions totaling $3,173 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $167 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $1,918 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $160 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)