The town of Gregory, SD is a small rural community located in the southeastern part of the state. It is an agricultural area, with many farms and ranches scattered throughout. As a small town in South Dakota, politics in Gregory are largely influenced by local issues and candidates running for office. Candidates for local offices typically reflect the values of this rural area, and they focus on topics such as farming, ranching, economic growth and development. Local debates focus on how best to address regional concerns and bring prosperity to everyone living in Gregory. The political atmosphere is cordial yet passionate, as residents take great pride in the community and its history. Residents of Gregory come together to make their voices heard at city council meetings or by supporting their local candidate during the election season. Overall, politics in Gregory remain focused on furthering the interests of its citizens.
The political climate in Gregory, SD is strongly conservative.
Gregory County, SD is very conservative. In Gregory County, SD 20.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gregory county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.4% to 20.2%.
Gregory county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gregory, SD is strongly conservative.
Gregory 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.
Gregory, 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 Gregory, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 52 contributions totaling $4,650 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $3,819 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $382 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)