Colonial Pine Hills, SD is a small rural town that has long been proud of its strong sense of community and values. The politics in the town are based on local issues and the community’s commitment to maintaining a safe and prosperous environment for all residents. Residents take part in local elections to decide important decisions such as appointing city leaders, passing ordinances, and determining how public funds are used. Local candidates who run for office come from diverse backgrounds and bring different perspectives to their respective offices. Elections are often characterized by civil discourse among political opponents, with both sides working together to create solutions that benefit the entire community of Colonial Pine Hills.
The political climate in Colonial Pine Hills, SD is moderately 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
Colonial Pine Hills, SD is moderately 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.
Colonial Pine Hills, 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 Colonial Pine Hills, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,604 contributions totaling $363,406 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,268 contributions totaling $801,418 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $353 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)