Star Prairie, SD is a rural town located in the southwestern region of the state. It has a long history of political involvement, and many residents take great pride in being engaged in local politics. There are a number of local organizations which work to ensure that citizens have a say in how their town is run. They hold regular meetings where they discuss important matters affecting the community such as infrastructure improvements, safety initiatives, and development projects. The town also holds elections for mayor, city council members, school board members, and other positions. These elections often draw large turnouts from the community and serve to keep people informed about who will be representing them in Star Prairie's government.
The political climate in Star Prairie, SD is very conservative.
Tripp County, SD is very conservative. In Tripp County, SD 18.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tripp county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.2% to 18.4%.
Tripp county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Star Prairie, SD is very conservative.
Tripp 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.
Star Prairie, 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 Star Prairie, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $1,400 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 73 contributions totaling $12,381 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)