Humboldt, South Dakota is located in the Union County and has a population of 1,087 people. It is a small rural town that has been governed by the Humboldt City Council since its incorporation in 1950. The City Council consists of five members who are elected to two-year terms. Members are responsible for setting policy and managing the city's budget, as well as appointing representatives to various committees and commissions. The Mayor serves as Chairperson of the Board and is elected by a majority vote of council members for a two-year term. Humboldt City Council meets on the second Tuesday of every month at 6:00 pm in the Council Chambers at City Hall. In addition to local government, citizens also have access to state representation through their Senators and Representatives in Pierre.
The political climate in Zip 57035 (Humboldt, SD) is moderately conservative.
Minnehaha County, SD is somewhat conservative. In Minnehaha County, SD 43.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Minnehaha county remained moderately Republican, 53.3% to 43.8%.
Minnehaha county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57035 (Humboldt, SD) is moderately conservative.
Humboldt, South Dakota is moderately conservative.
Minnehaha County, South Dakota is somewhat conservative.
Sioux Falls Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Humboldt, 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 57035 (Humboldt)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $167 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 31 contributions totaling $4,723 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $152 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)