Porcupine, SD is a small rural town located in the Midwestern United States. Politically, the town tends to lean slightly to the right. There are several local political candidates that are running for office in Porcupine, including Al Johnson and Judy Smith. Both candidates are popular with the residents of Porcupine and still remain friendly competitors throughout their campaigns. Al Johnson is known for his fiscal responsibility when it comes to budgeting, while Judy Smith emphasizes her commitment to public safety should she be elected into office. It will be interesting to see who will come out as the winner when Election Day arrives in Porcupine later this year.
The political climate in Porcupine, SD is moderately liberal.
Oglala Lakota County, SD is very liberal. In Oglala Lakota County, SD 88.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 9.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Oglala Lakota county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 88.4% to 9.3%.
Oglala Lakota county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Porcupine, SD is moderately liberal.
Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota is very liberal.
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.
Porcupine, South Dakota: D D D D D D
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 Porcupine, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $2,404 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $240 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $2,450 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $175 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)