Lower Brule, South Dakota is a small rural town located in Lyman County. It is home to the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe and has a rich cultural heritage of Native American traditions, which are still celebrated today. The Lower Brule Sioux Tribe has its own government that makes decisions about the community and its members. The tribal government is composed of a Tribal Council made up of nine members who serve staggered terms. They are responsible for creating laws and regulations, allocating resources, and representing the interests of Lower Brule's citizens on local, state, and national levels. The Tribal Council also works with federal agencies to implement economic development projects that benefit the tribe. Additionally, Lower Brule citizens participate in state elections to elect leaders at both the state and federal levels who will represent their interests in government. Despite not having large population numbers, Lower Brule is an important part of South Dakota's political landscape.
The political climate in Lower Brule, SD is moderately conservative.
Lyman County, SD is very conservative. In Lyman County, SD 32.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lyman county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.2% to 32.9%.
Lyman county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lower Brule, SD is moderately conservative.
Lyman 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.
Lower Brule, 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 Lower Brule, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 26 contributions totaling $610 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)