Orient, SD is a small city nestled in the rolling hills of South Dakota. It has a population of just over 4,000 and is known for its strong sense of community and traditional values. The town is governed by a mayor-council system where the mayor serves as the chief executive officer of the local government. The council consists of five elected representatives who serve four-year terms. Each year, one or two new members are elected to the council to ensure that local constituents’ voices are heard when important decisions about Orient’s future are made. In addition to its city council, Orient also boasts an active school board that oversees its highly rated public school system. Through initiatives such as these, Orient continues to be a vibrant and thriving community with strong civic engagement on all levels.
The political climate in Zip 57467 (Orient, SD) is very conservative.
Hand County, SD is very conservative. In Hand County, SD 20.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hand county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.1% to 20.3%.
Hand county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57467 (Orient, SD) is very conservative.
Orient, South Dakota is very conservative.
Hand 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.
Orient, 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 57467 (Orient)
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 5 contributions totaling $2,700 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $540 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)