Union Township (Faulk County), South Dakota is a small rural town with a population of approximately 500 people. It is governed by the Union Town Board, which consists of five members who are elected to two-year terms. The political issues in Union Township center around healthcare, education, and agricultural concerns. Most locals are concerned about the quality of local hospitals, providing better educational resources for their children, and ensuring the safety and livelihood of local farmers. In addition, there is a strong emphasis on protecting local businesses from outside competition and maintaining low taxes. Local candidates for office typically have platforms that address these issues in some way or another.
The political climate in Union township (Faulk County), SD is very conservative.
Faulk County, SD is very conservative. In Faulk County, SD 16.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Faulk county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.6% to 16.8%.
Faulk county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Union township (Faulk County), SD is very conservative.
Faulk 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.
Union township (Faulk County), 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 Union township (Faulk County), SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 154 contributions totaling $21,471 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $2,125 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $354 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)