Belle Plaine, South Dakota is a small town that prides itself on its strong sense of community and commitment to local governance. The town is governed by an elected mayor and a board of city council members. Each year, citizens are invited to participate in the election process and cast their ballots for who they believe will best lead the town. In recent years, the elections have been competitive with many candidates running for office. Despite the often-differing opinions among candidates, all of them recognize the importance of maintaining a safe and prosperous Belle Plaine for everyone who calls it home. Through their leadership, Belle Plaine has been able to remain a tight-knit community with an ever-evolving set of local policies that reflect the needs and desires of the residents.
The political climate in Belle Plaine, SD is very conservative.
Spink County, SD is very conservative. In Spink County, SD 31.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Spink county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.5% to 31.6%.
Spink county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Belle Plaine, SD is very conservative.
Spink County, South Dakota 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.
Belle Plaine, 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 Belle Plaine, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $1,506 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $215 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $443 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)