Fruitdale, SD is a small town located in the midwestern United States. It is known for its strong sense of community and pride in local politics. The citizens of Fruitdale take their civic duty seriously when it comes to voting for representatives at the local, state, and national levels. Every election season, town residents come out in full force to cast their ballots for candidates who they feel best represent the values of their hometown. As a result, many passionate debates occur between those with differing opinions about which candidate would make the most effective leader. Currently, Fruitdale has several popular candidates running for office including Brad Doolittle, Mark Watson, and Christine Smith. Each one brings different qualifications and ideas that could potentially benefit the town if they are elected into office. No matter what happens on election day though, one thing is certain—the people of Fruitdale will continue to remain involved in local politics and be proud of their hometown’s decision-making process.
The political climate in Fruitdale, SD is very conservative.
Butte County, SD is very conservative. In Butte County, SD 19.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Butte county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.7% to 19.6%.
Butte county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fruitdale, SD is very conservative.
Butte 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.
Fruitdale, 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 Fruitdale, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 34 contributions totaling $2,650 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 156 contributions totaling $16,876 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)