Foster Township (Beadle County), South Dakota is part of the larger Beadle County, which is represented by several elected officials such as a County Treasurer, Register of Deeds, and Sheriff. At the state level, Foster Township falls within the jurisdiction of District 23 in the South Dakota Senate and District 25 in the House of Representatives. These representatives are responsible for making legislative decisions that impact all citizens in Foster Township and beyond. Voting for local political candidates is a great way to ensure that your voice is heard and your interests are represented in local government. Every election cycle, citizens have an opportunity to choose who will best represent their unique needs and values.
The political climate in Foster township (Beadle County), SD is very conservative.
Beadle County, SD is very conservative. In Beadle County, SD 29.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Beadle county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.9% to 29.8%.
Beadle county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Foster township (Beadle County), SD is very conservative.
Beadle County, South Dakota is very conservative.
Huron 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.
Foster township (Beadle 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 Foster township (Beadle County), SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11 contributions totaling $395 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 28 contributions totaling $6,501 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $232 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)