La Prairie is a small town in South Dakota with a population of just under 1000. The town's politics are determined by the mayor and four-member city council, elected by the people of La Prairie. All local political decisions are made through public meetings held in the city hall or online. These meetings give citizens the opportunity to voice their opinions and concerns about local issues that affect them. Recent topics for discussion include budgeting, economic development, infrastructure improvements, and public safety. The town also works together with neighboring towns to ensure that residents have access to important services such as healthcare, childcare, and education. As the population grows, working together is essential for La Prairie to continue thriving.
The political climate in La Prairie, SD is strongly conservative.
Spink County, SD is very conservative. In Spink County, SD 31.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Spink county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.5% to 31.6%.
Spink county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
La Prairie, SD is strongly conservative.
Spink 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.
La Prairie, 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 La Prairie, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $1,575 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $175 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $211 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $19 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)