Alliance, SD is a small town with a population of around 2,400 people. The Alliance City Council consists of six elected officials who are responsible for the overall well-being and governance of the community. They set policy regarding the budgeting process, public works projects, zoning, and other important local initiatives. The council members are elected for two-year terms and take part in regular meetings to discuss current issues facing the town. Additionally, there is an elected mayor who serves as the head of government for Alliance. In this role they oversee all city departments and ensure that all laws and regulations are followed properly. All elections in Alliance are held on even years in November and involve both local ballot measures as well as for general state or national offices. The citizens of Alliance take their civic responsibility seriously and come out to vote in large numbers each election cycle.
The political climate in Alliance, SD is strongly conservative.
Moody County, SD is strongly conservative. In Moody County, SD 36.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Moody county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.9% to 36.8%.
Moody county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Alliance, SD is strongly conservative.
Moody County, South Dakota 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.
Alliance, South Dakota: r r d 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 Alliance, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 188 contributions totaling $26,736 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $142 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 61 contributions totaling $23,495 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $385 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)