Fall River, SD County is a small rural county located in the southwest corner of South Dakota. It is home to approximately 4,600 people and covers an area of roughly 1,400 square miles. Politically, Fall River County is dominated by the Republican Party. All five members of the current county commission are Republicans, as are both state representatives. The Republican Party holds a strong presence in local elections and often has little competition from Democratic candidates. The county's voter turnout rate tends to be slightly above average for the state on election day, which reflects that residents take part in the political process and have strong feelings about who should serve on local boards and commissions.
The political climate in Fall River County, SD is very conservative.
In Fall River County, SD 26.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fall River county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.2% to 26.1%.
Fall River county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fall River 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.
Fall River, 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 Fall River County, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 140 contributions totaling $9,184 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 136 contributions totaling $29,452 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $217 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)