Deuel, SD County is a small rural area that has a long history of close-knit community involvement. Citizens are engaged in the local politics and take great pride in electing local politicians who will represent their interests and advocate for their values. The residents of Deuel are well known for their commitment to small government, fiscal responsibility, and protecting the rights of individual citizens. The county is served by an elected board of supervisors who make decisions with the input from the constituents. It also has a mayor and other elected officials who work closely with the citizens to create a strong sense of community within the county. In addition, there are several volunteer committees such as health care, economic development, public safety, and education that provide citizens with opportunities to become active in local politics. With its commitment to civic engagement and collaboration between citizens and elected officials, Deuel County is an example of how small towns can still be engaged in effective local government.
The political climate in Deuel County, SD is very conservative.
In Deuel County, SD 25.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Deuel county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.3% to 25.9%.
Deuel county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Deuel 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.
Deuel, 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 Deuel County, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 246 contributions totaling $15,342 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 97 contributions totaling $11,170 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)