Hetland, SD is a small town nestled in the rolling hills of South Dakota. Despite its size, Hetland has an active local political scene. The local elections are a hotly contested affair with candidates from all the major political parties vying for the attention of voters and campaigning hard for their support. The town is divided into four wards, each represented by a council member who acts as a voice for the people in that ward. The Mayor is elected to represent the overall interests of the town and usually runs on a platform of fiscal responsibility and community engagement. Every four years, residents go to the polls to cast their ballots for mayor and council members alike. This cycle of local politics gives residents an important say in how their city is run and allows them to have a direct influence on decisions made at the municipal level.
The political climate in Hetland, SD is very conservative.
Kingsbury County, SD is very conservative. In Kingsbury County, SD 29.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kingsbury county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.5% to 29.5%.
Kingsbury county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hetland, SD is very conservative.
Kingsbury 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.
Hetland, 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 Hetland, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 47 contributions totaling $5,510 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 47 contributions totaling $38,713 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $824 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)