Norris, SD is a small town in the Midwestern region of the United States with a population of approximately 200 people. While it is not large enough to have its own local government, it is part of Dewey County and falls under the jurisdiction of South Dakota state politics. State representatives from this area are responsible for representing Norris in areas such as taxation and public safety legislation. On the national level, Norris residents are represented by one U.S. Senator and one Congressman in Washington D.C., who work on behalf of all South Dakotans to protect their interests at the federal level. In addition, Norris residents are able to participate in elections by voting for their preferred candidates for local, state and national office positions. This gives them an important role in shaping politics both locally and nationally.
The political climate in Zip 57560 (Norris, SD) is moderately conservative.
Mellette County, SD is moderately conservative. In Mellette County, SD 38.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mellette county remained very strongly Republican, 58.4% to 38.8%.
Mellette county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57560 (Norris, SD) is moderately conservative.
Norris, South Dakota is moderately conservative.
Mellette County, South Dakota is moderately 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.
Norris, 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 zip 57560 (Norris)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $750 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)