Flandreau, South Dakota is a small town with a population of about 3,000 people. It is located in Moody County and is the home of the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe. The town's local government consists of an elected mayor and five council members that are responsible for making decisions about infrastructure, taxation, development, and other issues that affect the town. The Mayor and City Council hold regular public meetings to discuss current topics in the city. Recent topics have included updates on road construction projects, water quality initiatives, and budget constraints. Political candidates for office are nominated by registered voters within the city limits who then cast their ballots during election season. There is a strong sense of civic engagement among citizens in Flandreau as they work together to ensure their community runs smoothly and efficiently.
The political climate in Zip 57028 (Flandreau, SD) is moderately conservative.
Moody County, SD is strongly conservative. In Moody County, SD 36.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Moody county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.9% to 36.8%.
Moody county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57028 (Flandreau, SD) is moderately conservative.
Flandreau, South Dakota is moderately conservative.
Moody County, South Dakota is strongly 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.
Flandreau, South Dakota: r r d 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 57028 (Flandreau)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 119 contributions totaling $22,851 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $192 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $4,499 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $214 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)