Faulk, SD County is a rural area that has a strong sense of community pride and culture. While there are not many local political candidates in the area, those that do run typically have the same goals of improving their community. Issues that citizens care about include better roads and infrastructure, increased economic opportunities, strengthening of public education, and providing more resources for those in need. Additionally, there is an effort to protect the natural environment and maintain traditional agricultural practices. Residents of Faulk are proud to be part of a vibrant community and take great pleasure in participating in local elections. Despite its small size, Faulk has a large impact on state politics through its citizens' involvement at the polls.
The political climate in 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
Faulk County, SD is very conservative.
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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.
Faulk, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Faulk County, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 54 contributions totaling $4,901 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $3,911 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $196 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)