57630 Glencross, South Dakota is a small rural town with a population of around 1,000 people. The local politics here are strongly influenced by the values and beliefs of its citizens. Community members are highly engaged and take active roles in their governments, from attending local town hall meetings to running for office themselves. The town's mayor and four council members are elected every two years in a nonpartisan election. Local candidates focus on issues that matter most to the community, such as education, public safety, infrastructure maintenance and economic development. In addition to these national issues, Glencross citizens are also passionate about preserving the special rural character of their hometown. They focus on initiatives that support local businesses while keeping taxes low for residents and property owners. Ultimately, the local politics of 57630 Glencross revolve around making this small town an even better place to live and work.
The political climate in Zip 57630 (Glencross, SD) is leaning liberal.
Dewey County, SD is moderately liberal. In Dewey County, SD 57.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dewey county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.5% to 40.2%.
Dewey county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57630 (Glencross, SD) is leaning liberal.
Glencross, South Dakota is leaning liberal.
Dewey County, South Dakota is moderately liberal.
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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.
Glencross, South Dakota: d D D D d D
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 57630 (Glencross)
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 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)