Milford, SD is a small town located in South Dakota. It has a population of around 2,000 people and is known for its local businesses and agricultural heritage. The town is governed by three commissioners who are elected every four years by the community. The commissioners work together to make decisions on issues such as infrastructure, public safety, and economic development. There are currently two political parties represented in Milford: the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. Both parties have active members in the community, with campaigns held each year to select their representatives for the commission seats. This election helps determine which party will be representing Milford in the future and also provides citizens with an opportunity to get involved in their local government. In addition to municipal elections, Milford also votes on state-wide issues such as health care reform, taxes, energy policy, education funding, and more. By participating in these forms of civic engagement, citizens can help shape the future of their city and county for generations to come.
The political climate in Milford, 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
Milford, 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.
Milford, 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 Milford, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $195 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $20 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $1,631 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $163 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)