Box Elder, South Dakota is a small community located in Pennington county. The city is home to a variety of local businesses, recreational activities, and friendly residents. Even though the town is relatively small in size, it still holds its own when it comes to politics. Local government officials are hardworking and dedicated to making Box Elder a better place for all its citizens. Residents have access to voting in municipal elections where they can choose their representatives that will voice their concerns and interests at city hall meetings. Some of the agendas discussed at these meetings include improvements to infrastructure, public safety initiatives, and other issues that affect the community as a whole. All residents are encouraged to take part in their local politics so that everyone can have a say in how their town runs and develops over time.
The political climate in Box Elder, SD is somewhat conservative.
Pennington County, SD is strongly conservative. In Pennington County, SD 35.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pennington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.0% to 35.8%.
Pennington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Box Elder, SD is somewhat conservative.
Pennington County, South Dakota is strongly conservative.
Rapid 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.
Box Elder, 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 Box Elder, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,587 contributions totaling $178,548 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 948 contributions totaling $193,588 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $204 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)