Belle Fourche, South Dakota is a small rural town located in Butte County with an estimated population of 5,700. Politically, the town remains strongly conservative, with most local elections tending to be won by Republican candidates. The residents of Belle Fourche take pride in their community and work together for projects that benefit the entire city. There are a number of local organizations and groups that focus on issues that affect the residents of Belle Fourche, such as economic development, education and health care. Local political candidates often emphasize their dedication to these causes and strive to make sure that all citizens have access to quality services and resources.
The political climate in Belle Fourche, SD is strongly conservative.
Butte County, SD is very conservative. In Butte County, SD 19.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Butte county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.7% to 19.6%.
Butte county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Belle Fourche, SD is strongly conservative.
Butte County, South Dakota is very 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.
Belle Fourche, 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 Belle Fourche, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 34 contributions totaling $2,650 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 156 contributions totaling $16,876 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)