The small town of Agar, SD (57520) is part of the Faulk County political district. In addition to the county-wide elected officials such as county commissioners and sheriffs, the village elects a mayor and a number of council members who make decisions about local policies. These elected officials are responsible for developing agendas that address the needs and concerns of Agar’s citizens. Issues such as public safety, infrastructure development, taxation, and economic growth are all topics that have been on the council's agenda in recent years. The citizens of Agar take an active role in shaping their local government by voting in elections and attending town hall meetings and public forums. As such, the politics of Agar are largely driven by its citizens who put their views forward and actively engage with their local representatives to shape policy at all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 57520 (Agar, SD) is very conservative.
Sully County, SD is very conservative. In Sully County, SD 19.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sully county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.1% to 19.9%.
Sully county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57520 (Agar, SD) is very conservative.
Agar, South Dakota is very conservative.
Sully County, South Dakota is very conservative.
Pierre 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.
Agar, 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 zip 57520 (Agar)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)