Sun Prairie, SD is a small town located in the midwestern United States with a tight-knit community. The local government consists of an elected mayor and council members who are responsible for setting policy and enacting laws. The political atmosphere of Sun Prairie is generally progressive, with an emphasis on environmental sustainability, public safety, and economic development. Locals are passionate about their town, and regularly engage in spirited discussion about the direction of local politics. As citizens of Sun Prairie have a strong sense of community pride, they tend to re-elect incumbents who have proven themselves reliable during election cycles. Local candidates often focus on creating jobs, improving infrastructure, and providing quality services for residents in order to secure votes from their constituents.
The political climate in Sun Prairie, SD is very conservative.
McCook County, SD is very conservative. In McCook County, SD 26.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McCook county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.3% to 26.5%.
McCook county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sun Prairie, SD is very conservative.
McCook County, South Dakota is very conservative.
Sioux Falls Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Sun 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 Sun Prairie, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $1,000 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $6,067 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $303 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)