Belle Fourche, SD 57717 has an active political atmosphere, with a range of local representatives and candidates advocating for the needs of their community. The city is served by its mayor and city council, who are responsible for making decisions on behalf of the residents. Belle Fourche also elects state representatives to serve in the South Dakota Legislative Assembly. Local candidates are running for positions in the assembly which allows residents to have a direct say in policy formation. Additionally, various lobby groups work to represent the interests of the community at both local and state level. All of this gives residents in Belle Fourche, SD 57717 an opportunity to be engaged in politics and help shape their town's future.
The political climate in Zip 57717 (Belle Fourche, SD) is strongly conservative.
Butte County, SD is very conservative. In Butte County, SD 19.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Butte county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.7% to 19.6%.
Butte county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57717 (Belle Fourche, SD) is strongly conservative.
Belle Fourche, South Dakota is strongly conservative.
Butte 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.
Belle Fourche, 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 57717 (Belle Fourche)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 34 contributions totaling $2,650 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 156 contributions totaling $16,876 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)