North Spearfish, SD is a small city located in the state of South Dakota. It has a population of just over 5,000 people and is filled with friendly locals who are passionate about their community. The city has a strong local government that works hard to ensure that everything runs smoothly. There are two main political parties represented in North Spearfish: Republicans and Democrats. Both parties have several candidates running for various local offices, including Mayor and City Council positions. These candidates work to advocate for the needs and interests of the North Spearfish community by engaging with citizens and addressing their concerns. They also strive to create an environment where all voices are heard and respected regardless of their political affiliation. In this way, North Spearfish’s local politics ensures that its citizens have a say in how things are run within the city.
The political climate in North Spearfish, SD is moderately conservative.
Lawrence County, SD is strongly conservative. In Lawrence County, SD 32.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lawrence county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.3% to 32.8%.
Lawrence county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
North Spearfish, SD is moderately conservative.
Lawrence County, South Dakota is strongly conservative.
Spearfish 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.
North Spearfish, 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 North Spearfish, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 466 contributions totaling $26,642 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 506 contributions totaling $95,243 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $188 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)