Beadle County, South Dakota is a small county located in the southeastern corner of South Dakota. It has a population of about 5,000 people and is home to a number of small towns and rural communities. There are no major cities in the county, so most political activity takes place at the local level. The politics in Beadle County are typically focused on issues such as agriculture, water resources, economic development and health care. There is also an active two-party system in the county with both Democrats and Republicans vying for positions on the Board of Supervisors that oversee all county operations. Local politicians often take part in debates and forums to discuss their views on various topics that affect Beadle County residents. Overall, the politics in Beadle County is focused on promoting policies and initiatives that will benefit all citizens regardless of party affiliation or ideological beliefs.
The political climate in 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
Beadle County, SD 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.
Beadle, 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 Beadle County, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 215 contributions totaling $45,096 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $210 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 192 contributions totaling $90,839 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $473 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)