Hyde, SD County is a small rural county in South Dakota. It is home to a diverse population and has been growing steadily over the past decade. The political landscape in Hyde County is largely Republican, with the majority of residents leaning this way when it comes to voting for state and national candidates. However, there are still some people who choose to vote for Democratic candidates. The local elections are nonpartisan and generally attract smaller numbers of voters as compared to state or national races. Although there are no local political candidates running in the current election cycle, those who have run in the past have typically been involved in their community and provided a voice for the people of Hyde County. Residents take pride in their local politics and strive to ensure that all voices are heard within their county.
The political climate in Hyde County, SD is very conservative.
In Hyde County, SD 19.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hyde county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.4% to 19.2%.
Hyde county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hyde 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.
Hyde, 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 Hyde County, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 58 contributions totaling $9,730 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $168 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $10,050 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $503 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)