Running Bird, SD is a small town with a population of around 5,000 people. The local political scene is mainly driven by the Running Bird Town Council, who are responsible for making decisions about the day-to-day running of the town. The Council consists of seven elected officials who serve four year terms, and are voted on by the citizens in regular elections. As a whole, the Town Council works to promote economic growth and development, ensure public safety, and maintain public services such as roads and parks. Additionally, the Town Council is responsible for approving local zoning ordinances and tax laws. Recently, the Town Council has been focusing on improving infrastructure within Running Bird so that it can better meet the needs of its citizens. They have also been working to attract more businesses to the area in order to create job opportunities for residents. All in all, the politics in Running Bird remain focused on doing what's best for its citizens.
The political climate in Running Bird, SD is moderately conservative.
Mellette County, SD is moderately conservative. In Mellette County, SD 38.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mellette county remained very strongly Republican, 58.4% to 38.8%.
Mellette county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Running Bird, SD is moderately conservative.
Mellette County, South Dakota is moderately 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.
Running Bird, 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 Running Bird, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $125 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $3,080 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $205 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)