Chamberlain, South Dakota is a small town located in the southeastern part of the state. Politically, the town has traditionally been quite conservative, with most of the population being registered Republicans. The community was strongly supportive of President Donald Trump during his 2016 election campaign and remains so today. Although there are no local political candidates running for office at this time, citizens of Chamberlain take a great interest in national and state politics. They are often very vocal about their opinions and engage actively in the political process by taking part in rallies, attending debates, and voicing their views on social media.
The political climate in Chamberlain, SD is strongly conservative.
Brule County, SD is very conservative. In Brule County, SD 27.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brule county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.3% to 27.0%.
Brule county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Chamberlain, SD is strongly conservative.
Brule 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.
Chamberlain, 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 Chamberlain, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 128 contributions totaling $16,977 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $133 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 61 contributions totaling $39,485 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $647 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)