Big Stone City, SD is a small town located in the heart of South Dakota. Despite its size, it is very politically active and has a diversity of opinions throughout the city. The local government works hard to ensure that everyone's voice is heard and respected on important issues. While there are no current local political candidates or parties to choose from, residents are encouraged to get involved and make sure their voices are accounted for when important decisions are being made. Residents can join community groups or attend city council meetings to be part of the local decision-making process. Ultimately, Big Stone City strives to promote democracy and responsible governance by providing its citizens with a safe environment in which they can participate actively in their community’s future.
The political climate in Big Stone City, SD is strongly conservative.
Grant County, SD is very conservative. In Grant County, SD 28.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grant county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.9% to 28.2%.
Grant county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Big Stone City, SD is strongly conservative.
Grant 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.
Big Stone 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 Big Stone City, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 53 contributions totaling $4,890 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 37 contributions totaling $3,339 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)