North Sioux City, South Dakota is a small town located on the Missouri River in Union County. With a population of approximately 3,000 in 2020, North Sioux City has a thriving economy and is home to multiple businesses. Politically, North Sioux City functions within the South Dakota state government system, with representatives elected at both the federal and state levels. Locally, the town is governed by three commissioners who are responsible for maintaining municipal services such as roads and police protection. Despite its small size, North Sioux City takes its politics seriously, with an active citizenry that regularly votes in local elections. Political issues typically focus on infrastructure improvements and economic development initiatives that will benefit the entire community.
The political climate in North Sioux City, SD is strongly conservative.
Union County, SD is very conservative. In Union County, SD 30.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Union county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.1% to 30.8%.
Union county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
North Sioux City, SD is strongly conservative.
Union County, South Dakota is very conservative.
Sioux City Metro Area is strongly 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.
North Sioux City, 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 North Sioux City, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 417 contributions totaling $78,485 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $188 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 386 contributions totaling $371,978 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $964 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)