The small city of Dakota Dunes, located in South Dakota's Union County, is home to approximately 6,500 people. The local government is comprised of a mayor and council members who represent the community. This diverse group of elected officials are dedicated to making sure that all residents of Dakota Dunes are given the resources they need to have a successful life and create an inviting atmosphere for visitors and newcomers alike. Through various initiatives such as infrastructure improvement projects, business attraction efforts, and support for education programs, the city strives to provide its citizens with an excellent quality of life while also supporting economic development in the area. As far as local politics go, the mayor and council members are regularly engaged with their constituents to promote dialogue between the different factions of the community about current issues impacting them. In addition, elections are held every two years for both mayor and council seats in order to ensure that new ideas can be brought forward into public discourse.
The political climate in Zip 57049 (Dakota Dunes, SD) is strongly conservative.
Union County, SD is very conservative. In Union County, SD 30.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Union county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.1% to 30.8%.
Union county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57049 (Dakota Dunes, SD) is strongly conservative.
Dakota Dunes, South Dakota is strongly conservative.
Union County, South Dakota is very conservative.
Sioux City Metro Area is strongly conservative.
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.
Dakota Dunes, 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 57049 (Dakota Dunes)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 417 contributions totaling $78,485 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $188 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 386 contributions totaling $371,978 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $964 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)