The small town of Freeman, SD has a government that is aimed at promoting civic engagement and local responsibility. The city council works hard to ensure that the voices of citizens are heard and that their needs are met. There are several elected officials who represent the people of this area including Mayor James Olson, City Councilors Lesly Dreyer, Emma Jacobs, Susan Karstens, George Lutz and Joshua Pfeiffer. The city leaders strive to make sure that all local legislation reflects the values and wishes of Freeman's community. They provide essential services such as water management, parks maintenance, street repair and garbage collection while also encouraging economic development within the town.
The political climate in Zip 57029 (Freeman, SD) is very conservative.
Hutchinson County, SD is very conservative. In Hutchinson County, SD 20.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hutchinson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.2% to 20.2%.
Hutchinson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57029 (Freeman, SD) is very conservative.
Freeman, South Dakota is very conservative.
Hutchinson County, South Dakota 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.
Freeman, 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 57029 (Freeman)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $852 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $142 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 26 contributions totaling $21,333 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $821 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)