Eagle, South Dakota is a small town located in Central South Dakota. It is a tight-knit community and its citizens are highly involved in the local politics of the town. The local government consists of an elected mayor and five council members who all serve two-year terms. The mayor is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the town. The council members handle issues related to zoning, finance, safety, and other issues that affect citizens directly. Local elections are held every year in Eagle for residents to elect representatives that most closely align with their values and beliefs when it comes to governing the small town. No matter which party is voted into office, residents can rely on their representatives' commitment to keeping Eagle safe, prosperous, and peaceful for everyone who lives there.
The political climate in Eagle, SD is very conservative.
Brule County, SD is very conservative. In Brule County, SD 27.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brule county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.3% to 27.0%.
Brule county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Eagle, SD is very conservative.
Brule 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.
Eagle, 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 Eagle, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 154 contributions totaling $13,698 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 63 contributions totaling $16,110 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $256 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)