Burdette, SD is a small town with a population of just over 500 people. The town has a strong sense of community and pride in its residents. Politically, Burdette is mostly conservative with the majority of registered voters opting to vote Republican in all local, state and national elections. The focus of politics in Burdette is on local issues such as taxes, job opportunities, infrastructure improvements, and education. In recent years there have been some efforts to increase diversity among the local political candidates, though these have had limited success. Issues such as healthcare access and economic growth are important topics that many Burdette residents discuss when deciding who to cast their votes for during elections. Despite the fact that Burdette is a small town with limited resources, its citizens take their civic duties seriously by participating in every election to ensure their voices are heard.
The political climate in Burdette, SD is very conservative.
Hand County, SD is very conservative. In Hand County, SD 20.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hand county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.1% to 20.3%.
Hand county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Burdette, SD is very conservative.
Hand 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.
Burdette, 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 Burdette, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $1,695 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $283 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 26 contributions totaling $8,755 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $337 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)