Mount Pleasant, South Dakota has a vibrant political culture. Many local residents are passionate about their beliefs and take part in the political process on both the state and national levels. Local elections see many different candidates running for the mayor’s office, city council positions, and school board seats. Most major political parties have a presence in Mount Pleasant with regular events to discuss the issues that are important to residents. Issues like job growth, economic development, public safety, education reform, and infrastructure improvement are all highly important topics of discussion during election season. Residents of Mount Pleasant are actively engaged in the political process through voting and attending debates and town halls to bring their opinion to the decision makers.
The political climate in Mount Pleasant, SD is very conservative.
Clark County, SD is very conservative. In Clark County, SD 23.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clark county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.2% to 23.6%.
Clark county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mount Pleasant, SD is very conservative.
Clark 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.
Mount Pleasant, 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 Mount Pleasant, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $2,050 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $293 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 88 contributions totaling $12,975 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)