In 57577 Wanblee, SD, politics are an important part of life. The town is predominantly Native American and the local tribal government holds great influence in the area. The town is part of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, which is broken down into individual governing bodies such as the Wakpamni District Council and Porcupine District Council. These councils help to develop legislation that guides the direction of the tribe. They also elect members to represent them in higher levels of government. Every two years, residents of 57577 Wanblee have a chance to vote for who they want to represent their interests at both a state and national level. This ensures that the opinion of the people is represented in the decision-making process.
The political climate in Zip 57577 (Wanblee, SD) is strongly conservative.
Jackson County, SD is very conservative. In Jackson County, SD 32.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jackson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.2% to 32.2%.
Jackson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57577 (Wanblee, SD) is strongly conservative.
Wanblee, South Dakota is strongly conservative.
Jackson County, South Dakota is very conservative.
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South Dakota is strongly conservative.
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VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Wanblee, 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 57577 (Wanblee)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19 contributions totaling $950 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 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)