Floyd, SD is a small rural town in the Midwest region of the United States. It is an area that values tradition and community and has a long history of residents looking out for their neighbors. Politically, Floyd is mainly conservative and most elections go in favor of the Republican party. There are no locally elected officials as of yet, however there have been several campaigns from local candidates in past years who have presented platforms regarding issues such as healthcare, education, infrastructure, jobs and economic growth. Residents value their right to vote and make sure their voices are heard at the polls when it comes to deciding on who will represent them on the local and state levels.
The political climate in Floyd, SD is very conservative.
Sanborn County, SD is very conservative. In Sanborn County, SD 21.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sanborn county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.4% to 21.7%.
Sanborn county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Floyd, SD is very conservative.
Sanborn 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.
Floyd, 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 Floyd, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $1,775 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $355 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)