Belvidere, South Dakota is a small town located in the Prairie Coteau region of the state. It has a population of about 500 people and is known for its strong community spirit and values. Politically, Belvidere leans conservative and is represented by a number of local candidates. The current mayor, Steve Nelson, was first elected in 2013 and his term will end later this year. He is running for re-election against challenger Joe Purdy who promises to bring new ideas to the town’s government. Other local representatives include city council members Bill Davis and Tim Brown, as well as School Board president Mike Jones. While the town's politics may be seen as conservative overall, the residents are always open to listening to different perspectives on how their community should move forward.
The political climate in Belvidere, SD is strongly conservative.
Jackson County, SD is very conservative. In Jackson County, SD 32.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jackson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.2% to 32.2%.
Jackson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Belvidere, SD is strongly conservative.
Jackson 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.
Belvidere, 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 Belvidere, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $2,100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $700 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)