Politics in 57349 Howard, SD are largely influenced by the Republican party as is common throughout South Dakota. Local issues are of great concern to residents and often draw attention during election cycles. Important topics of discussion include public school funding, healthcare resources, infrastructure improvements, and economic development. Voters in this area generally have a conservative outlook on many major issues and support candidates who reflect their values. Politicians here must be mindful of the needs and opinions of their constituents while also being able to compromise with those from other areas to create beneficial policies. As such, local politicians must strive to be knowledgeable on the issues that matter most to the people of Howard as well as find solutions that can work for everyone involved.
The political climate in Zip 57349 (Howard, SD) is very conservative.
Miner County, SD is very conservative. In Miner County, SD 28.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Miner county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.2% to 28.1%.
Miner county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57349 (Howard, SD) is very conservative.
Howard, South Dakota is very conservative.
Miner 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.
Howard, South Dakota: R R d 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 57349 (Howard)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17 contributions totaling $2,850 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $168 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $1,418 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)