Bangor, South Dakota is a small town located in the southeastern part of the state near the Missouri River. Local politics here are largely focused on local issues that affect daily life such as infrastructure, public safety, education, and economic development. Residents of Bangor are served by a mayor-council form of government with elected officials representing the community at the municipal level. The city has an active political atmosphere where citizens can get involved with local politics through attending council meetings, running for office themselves, or working on campaigns to support their chosen candidates. Local elections have historically seen high voter turnout and many passionate debates over different issues facing the community. In recent years, Bangor has seen large investments in infrastructure projects and improvements to its educational system. These changes have helped make the town a better place to live for both new and long-time residents alike.
The political climate in Bangor, SD is moderately conservative.
Brookings County, SD is somewhat conservative. In Brookings County, SD 41.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brookings county remained strongly Republican, 54.9% to 41.9%.
Brookings county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bangor, SD is moderately conservative.
Brookings County, South Dakota is somewhat conservative.
Brookings Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Bangor, 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 Bangor, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 84 contributions totaling $8,140 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 76 contributions totaling $47,894 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $630 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)