Emerson, SD is a small town in the United States with a population of just under 400 people. The local politics of Emerson, SD are centered around the City Council, which is composed of five individuals who are elected by the citizens to represent their interests. These five members create and implement policy that affects the daily lives of Emersonians, such as zoning laws, city budgeting, and infrastructure projects. Their decisions are made after considering input from community members and holding public forums and meetings on important issues. The City Council also works closely with other organizations within the area to ensure that all aspects of Emerson's development are taken into consideration. Additionally, they work with government agencies on larger policy matters like taxation and emergency management protocols. Other local political candidates running for office in Emerson include those running for mayor and county commissioner seats.
The political climate in Emerson, SD is very conservative.
Faulk County, SD is very conservative. In Faulk County, SD 16.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Faulk county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.6% to 16.8%.
Faulk county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Emerson, SD is very conservative.
Faulk 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.
Emerson, 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 Emerson, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 54 contributions totaling $4,901 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $1,181 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)