Dog Ear, SD is a small town with a population of about 1,000 people.The town has a local government made up of elected officials who are responsible for the management and administration of the town. Dog Ear has a mayor-council form of government where the mayor is elected by the citizens to be their chief executive officer and oversee the day-to-day operations of the municipality. The council is composed of several members elected by the citizens to represent them and pass laws on their behalf. Together, these elected officials make decisions to ensure that Dog Ear runs smoothly and in accordance with state and federal laws. Despite its size, politics in Dog Ear still holds weight as all citizens have an opportunity to shape how their city is run through their votes and involvement in local decisions. With upcoming elections, local candidates are eager to gain support from voters so they can work together in improving their beloved hometown.
The political climate in Dog Ear, SD is very conservative.
Tripp County, SD is very conservative. In Tripp County, SD 18.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tripp county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.2% to 18.4%.
Tripp county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dog Ear, SD is very conservative.
Tripp 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.
Dog Ear, 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 Dog Ear, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19 contributions totaling $2,460 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 80 contributions totaling $15,731 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $197 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)