Dakota Dunes, SD is a small town located in the southeastern corner of South Dakota. Located along the Missouri River, it is home to a diverse population of residents. Politically, the city is known to generally lean Republican with many local political candidates running for office as Republicans. With a number of civic organizations and groups present in the community, there are also numerous opportunities for citizens to get involved with local politics. Civic engagement and participation play an important role in shaping the future of Dakota Dunes, SD, and its citizens can make their voices heard by engaging in grassroots campaigns or voting in local elections.
The political climate in Dakota Dunes, 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
Dakota Dunes, 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.
Dakota Dunes, 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 Dakota Dunes, 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)