Central City, SD is a small city with a population of about 12,000 people. The political landscape in Central City is relatively calm and peaceful. There are two major parties represented among the local politics: the Republican and Democratic Party. Currently, there are two candidates running for mayor in Central City: Mayor Tom Nelson of the Republican Party and Councilmember Bob Miller of the Democratic Party. Both candidates have strong records of service to the community and put forward platforms that focus on creating a more vibrant economy and improving public services for Central City residents. Each candidate has received endorsements from various local organizations and businesses, as well as support from their respective party leaders both statewide and nationally. As Election Day approaches, it will be interesting to see which candidate emerges victorious from this hotly contested mayoral race.
The political climate in Central City, SD is moderately conservative.
Lawrence County, SD is strongly conservative. In Lawrence County, SD 32.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lawrence county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.3% to 32.8%.
Lawrence county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Central City, SD is moderately conservative.
Lawrence County, South Dakota is strongly conservative.
Spearfish Metro Area 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.
Central City, 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 Central City, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 67 contributions totaling $8,229 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $560 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)