Spink, SD is a small town with a population of about 500 people. The town has a strong sense of community and the citizens are actively involved in local politics. Spink residents come together to elect their local political representatives, which include the mayor, five members of the town council, and other appointed officials. The town also works to improve public services such as schools, infrastructure, and public safety for its citizens. Elections are held annually in order for residents to choose who will lead them in the coming year. Residents take part in discussing current issues and making decisions that will affect them directly. The citizens of Spink strive to maintain an open dialogue by attending Town Hall meetings and engaging with one another on social media platforms. In addition to elected representatives, Spink's citizens have formed various community organizations that work towards addressing local issues such as poverty alleviation or youth education initiatives. With active engagement from both its representatives and its citizens, Spink is an example of how democracy can work at the local level to improve the lives of many individuals in a small community.
The political climate in Spink, SD is very conservative.
Union County, SD is very conservative. In Union County, SD 30.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Union county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.1% to 30.8%.
Union county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Spink, SD is very conservative.
Union County, South Dakota is very conservative.
Sioux City Metro Area is strongly 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.
Spink, 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 Spink, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 434 contributions totaling $53,515 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 87 contributions totaling $13,021 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)