The city of Bonesteel, SD is a small and tight knit community of approximately 500 residents. It is governed by the same mayor and three city council members for the last 20 years. The mayor and council work together to ensure the city has all the necessary services for its citizens, including policing, fire protection, water and sewer services, garbage collection, public works maintenance, and parks. They have also put in place policies to help promote economic development in the area and create job opportunities for local residents. During elections they always focus on listening to constituents concerns so they can best serve their needs. As a result, there is a strong sense of pride among citizens in their leadership which helps bring them together as a community.
The political climate in Zip 57317 (Bonesteel, SD) is very conservative.
Gregory County, SD is very conservative. In Gregory County, SD 20.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gregory county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.4% to 20.2%.
Gregory county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57317 (Bonesteel, SD) is very conservative.
Bonesteel, South Dakota is very conservative.
Gregory County, South Dakota is very conservative.
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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.
Bonesteel, 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 57317 (Bonesteel)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $5,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)