The politics in 57216 Big Stone City, SD are largely influenced by local issues and opinions. The area is represented on the state level by Senator John Thune and Congresswoman Dusty Johnson, both Republicans. On a smaller scale, the city itself is divided into four wards, each of which is managed by its own elected officials who help to make decisions on important local matters such as education, business and community services. The citizens of Big Stone City take their political duties seriously; every election sees high voter turnout with passionate debates over various policies that affect their daily lives. Overall, the residents of 57216 value their commitment to democracy and actively participate in its process.
The political climate in Zip 57216 (Big Stone City, SD) is very conservative.
Grant County, SD is very conservative. In Grant County, SD 28.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grant county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.9% to 28.2%.
Grant county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57216 (Big Stone City, SD) is very conservative.
Big Stone City, South Dakota is very conservative.
Grant 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.
Big Stone City, 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 57216 (Big Stone City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 53 contributions totaling $4,890 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 37 contributions totaling $3,339 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)