The small town of Clyde, SD is a rural community with a population of just over 1,000 people. Despite its small size, the town plays an important role in local politics and has elected and appointed officials who make decisions that affect the lives of the citizens in Clyde. The town council meets regularly to address local issues and pass ordinances that protect the interests of its citizens. In addition to this, the town also votes for state representatives and senators during elections in order to ensure their voices are heard at the state level. Overall, the political environment in Clyde is active and involved with many residents taking part in local politics both through voting and running for office.
The political climate in Clyde, SD is strongly conservative.
Beadle County, SD is very conservative. In Beadle County, SD 29.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Beadle county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.9% to 29.8%.
Beadle county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Clyde, SD is strongly conservative.
Beadle County, South Dakota is very conservative.
Huron 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.
Clyde, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Clyde, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 214 contributions totaling $44,596 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $208 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 161 contributions totaling $87,549 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $544 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)