Fairview Township in Hanson County, South Dakota is a small rural community with a population of approximately 1,000 people. Located in the southeastern portion of the state, Fairview Township is primarily made up of agricultural and ranching operations. Despite its rural nature, Fairview Township has a strong political presence. Residents take part in local elections and are represented by their township board. In addition to local governance, citizens of Fairview Township also work alongside county government leaders during important decision-making processes. Beyond local politics, Fairview Township residents regularly participate in federal and state elections to ensure their voices are heard on the macro-level. The Political Climate of Fairview Township is one that encourages civic engagement and participation in public discourse and policy making.
The political climate in Fairview township (Hanson County), 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
Fairview township (Hanson County), 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.
Fairview township (Hanson County), 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 Fairview township (Hanson County), SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $623 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $312 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $4,270 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $285 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)