Butte SD County is a small rural county located in South Dakota. It is governed by a local government made up of State Senators, Representatives and County Commissioners who oversee the day-to-day operations of the county. The local politicians strive to provide their constituents with quality public services, including the maintenance of roads and bridges, fire and police protection, educational opportunities and health care access. They also work hard to ensure that their residents have access to all types of businesses, including restaurants, shopping centers and entertainment venues. Overall, Butte SD County has a strong political system that works for its citizens.
The political climate in Butte County, SD is very conservative.
In Butte County, SD 19.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Butte county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.7% to 19.6%.
Butte county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Butte County, SD 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.
Butte, 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 Butte County, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 41 contributions totaling $3,027 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 198 contributions totaling $23,707 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)