57536 Harrold, SD is a small town located in rural South Dakota. It is home to a tight-knit community of just over 200 residents. While it may be a small town, politics still play an important role in the lives of its citizens. Local issues, state elections, and national issues all affect the lives of the people living in Harrold. The local elections are highly contested as the locals take pride in their hometown and want to elect candidates who will make decisions that reflect the needs and desires of the entire community. This election season promises to be an exciting one as locals strive for change and progress on important issues such as economic development, infrastructure improvements, healthcare access, and education funding.
The political climate in Zip 57536 (Harrold, SD) is strongly conservative.
Hughes County, SD is strongly conservative. In Hughes County, SD 33.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hughes county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.3% to 33.9%.
Hughes county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57536 (Harrold, SD) is strongly conservative.
Harrold, South Dakota is strongly conservative.
Hughes County, South Dakota is strongly 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.
Harrold, 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 57536 (Harrold)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $1,639 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $3,074 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $512 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)