The small town of Belvidere, South Dakota is located in Spink County and has a population of around 447 people. Despite its small size, the local politics here are still very important to the community. The Mayor of Belvidere is Elmer Clements who was elected to office in 2020 and is responsible for many of the local policy decisions that shape the future of Belvidere. Other political offices in Belvidere include City Council members, which are voted on every four years by registered voters in the area. Additionally, members from each precinct also help make important decisions about local laws and policies. All these elected officials work hard to ensure the safety and wellbeing of their constituents and create a better future for everyone living in Belvidere.
The political climate in Zip 57521 (Belvidere, 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 57521 (Belvidere, SD) is strongly conservative.
Belvidere, South Dakota is strongly conservative.
Jackson 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.
Belvidere, 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 57521 (Belvidere)
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 3 contributions totaling $2,100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $700 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)