The small town of Glendale, South Dakota is governed by a mayor-council government system. The mayor and four City Council members are elected in an at-large election to serve a four-year term. The Mayor and City Council set policy, approve the budget, pass local ordinances, and appoint citizens to serve on city boards and commissions. The local political environment is active and engaging; with many residents actively involved in grassroots efforts to shape their community. Political activities such as candidate forums, town hall meetings, and voter registration drives encourage citizen engagement in the democratic process. Residents of Glendale have access to a variety of resources for staying informed about their local politics such as the City Website, the local newspaper, and social media outlets like Facebook and Twitter. With these resources available to them, citizens can easily stay up to date on current events in their community.
The political climate in Glendale, SD is very conservative.
Hand County, SD is very conservative. In Hand County, SD 20.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hand county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.1% to 20.3%.
Hand county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Glendale, SD is very conservative.
Hand 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.
Glendale, 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 Glendale, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11 contributions totaling $935 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $2,520 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $360 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)