Gilbert, South Dakota is a small rural town located in the northeast part of the state. The town has a history of strong civic engagement and dedicated leaders who strive to serve their community. At the local level, citizens can take an active role in politics by participating in election processes and attending local meetings. Citizens of Gilbert can vote for their city council members, who are responsible for making decisions that affect the entire community. Additionally, the town’s School Board works hard to ensure that public education is accessible to all children in the area. All these efforts help make Gilbert a vibrant and welcoming place for everyone who calls it home.
The political climate in Gilbert, SD is very conservative.
Hand County, SD is very conservative. In Hand County, SD 20.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hand county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.1% to 20.3%.
Hand county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gilbert, SD is very conservative.
Hand 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.
Gilbert, 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 Gilbert, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $1,695 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $283 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $880 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $176 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)