Blunt, South Dakota is a small town located on the edge of the Missouri River. Although it is a small town, Blunt has a significant impact on the political landscape in South Dakota. The local government consists of an elected mayor and six council members who serve two-year terms. These individuals work together to make decisions that affect the citizens of Blunt, from deciding city expenditures to enacting zoning laws. Residents have the opportunity to participate in local politics by voting for their preferred candidates in each election cycle. Additionally, organizations like the Chamber of Commerce are actively involved with local politics and regularly host events such as candidate forums to encourage civic engagement among residents. Overall, Blunt is an active participant in South Dakota's political arena and its citizens take pride in being informed about their local government representatives and issues that directly affect them.
The political climate in Blunt, SD is strongly conservative.
Hughes County, SD is strongly conservative. In Hughes County, SD 33.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hughes county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.3% to 33.9%.
Hughes county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Blunt, SD is strongly conservative.
Hughes County, South Dakota is strongly conservative.
Pierre Metro Area 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.
Blunt, 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 Blunt, 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 $1,110 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $370 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)