The Pierre, SD Metro Area is home to many hardworking citizens of all backgrounds and walks of life. Politics in the area are overseen by a variety of different officials and elected representatives at the local, state, and national levels. The South Dakota Constitution provides for a three-tier system of government with legislative powers divided between the state government and local governments. In Pierre, these local governments include the City Council, which is responsible for passing laws that affect the city as a whole; the County Commission, which sets policies for county-level issues; and other governing boards such as school boards, fire districts, and special taxing districts. All of these bodies are elected by Pierre's citizens through regular elections held throughout each year. Each election brings new leaders to represent their constituents on important issues affecting their community.
The political climate in Pierre Metro Area is very conservative.
In Pierre Metro Area 31.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Pierre metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.6% to 31.8%.
The Pierre metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pierre Metro Area 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.
Pierre, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Pierre Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 647 contributions totaling $47,820 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 638 contributions totaling $214,376 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $336 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)