Gregory, SD is a small city located in Gregory County with a population of 575 people. As with most small towns, local politics significantly affect the lives of the residents and their community. In Gregory, the mayor is elected every two years and currently held by John Smith who has been in office since 2017. The City Council consists of five members who are elected at large for terms of three years. The City Council is responsible for making policy decisions that affect the day to day life in the city. Furthermore, the state legislature sets regulations and mandates that can have a major effect on how things are run in smaller cities like Gregory. All of these aspects come together to shape the political landscape in this town and ensure that it runs smoothly and effectively for its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 57533 (Gregory, SD) is very conservative.
Gregory County, SD is very conservative. In Gregory County, SD 20.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gregory county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.4% to 20.2%.
Gregory county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57533 (Gregory, SD) is very conservative.
Gregory, South Dakota is very conservative.
Gregory 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.
Gregory, 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 57533 (Gregory)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 52 contributions totaling $4,650 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $3,819 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $382 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)