North Eagle Butte, SD is a small town located in Dewey County in the northwestern part of South Dakota. The area has a long history of being populated by the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe. As such, tribal politics play an important role in this community and have greatly impacted the region over time. The current political landscape includes both Native American and non-Native American candidates, who vie for positions on various levels of local government, including county commissioner and school board member. These candidates bring with them a variety of views on issues affecting North Eagle Butte, such as economic development, health care access, education funding, environmental conservation, and more. Tribal members form a strong voting block that has enabled their candidates to be successful in these elections. It is this blend of native and non-native voices that make the politics of North Eagle Butte unique and vibrant.
The political climate in North Eagle Butte, SD is leaning liberal.
Dewey County, SD is moderately liberal. In Dewey County, SD 57.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dewey county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.5% to 40.2%.
Dewey county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
North Eagle Butte, SD is leaning liberal.
Dewey County, South Dakota is moderately liberal.
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.
North Eagle Butte, South Dakota: d D D D d D
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 North Eagle Butte, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 44 contributions totaling $4,700 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $1,365 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)