Union, SD County is a politically engaged community. The county typically sees an active turnout at local elections and takes pride in its participation in the political process. While the county does not have any one particular political party or ideology that dominates the landscape, it is generally composed of individuals with various political views from both major parties. The citizens of Union have been particularly active in recent years, advocating for important issues such as economic growth, environmental protection, and social justice. Local leaders are elected from diverse backgrounds and serve to represent their constituents’ interests within the county. Through robust civic engagement and strong advocacy efforts on the local level, Union SD County remains a vibrant example of participatory democracy in action.
The political climate in Union County, SD is very conservative.
In Union County, SD 30.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Union county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.1% to 30.8%.
Union county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Union County, SD is very conservative.
Sioux City Metro Area is strongly 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.
Union, 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 Union County, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 719 contributions totaling $126,694 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $176 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 515 contributions totaling $441,439 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $857 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)