Pukwana, South Dakota is a small town located in the rural Midwest. The population of Pukwana is approximately 1,500 people. Despite its small size, Pukwana has an active political atmosphere with many citizens actively engaged in the political process. The city council consists of five members who are elected by the citizens every two years while the mayor is elected directly by the people. In addition to local elections, residents of Pukwana can participate in various state and national elections as well. The town also holds debates and public forums for candidates running for office to help inform voters about their options and provide them with information on each candidate's platform and positions before they cast their ballots. With a wide range of political views represented in the community, Pukwana provides a great opportunity for residents to become involved in politics at both local and national levels.
The political climate in Pukwana, SD is very conservative.
Brule County, SD is very conservative. In Brule County, SD 27.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brule county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.3% to 27.0%.
Brule county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pukwana, SD is very conservative.
Brule 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.
Pukwana, 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 Pukwana, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $5,700 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,425 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $1,810 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $201 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)