Spink County is located in South Dakota and has a government composed of elected officials such as the county commission and sheriff. The current commission are Jack White, who was first elected in 2014, and Susan Smith, who was first elected in 2016. The current sheriff of Spink County is Tom Wright, who has been serving since 2017. These three officials have all worked to ensure that Spink County remains a safe place to live with a strong economy and vibrant community. They have also ensured that all residents of Spink County receive fair and equal representation from their local government.
The political climate in Spink County, SD is very conservative.
In Spink County, SD 31.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Spink county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.5% to 31.6%.
Spink county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Spink 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.
Spink, 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 Spink County, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 27 contributions totaling $4,611 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $171 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 100 contributions totaling $20,069 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $201 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)