The small town of 57457 Longlake, South Dakota is a rural community with a population of just over 500 people. With such a small population, the politics in this town are relatively low-key compared to larger cities. Local decisions, such as determining how to allocate the city's budget and managing its resources, are made by elected city officials. These officials are usually chosen from the residents of Longlake who volunteer their time and energy to serve in various positions throughout the municipal government. Decisions on issues such as taxation and infrastructure are discussed and debated at Longlake City Council meetings where all interested citizens can participate and provide input. Although there are no currently named local political candidates in 57457 Longlake, SD, it is likely the citizens within the community will continue to take an active interest in local politics as they strive for progress and prosperity for their town.
The political climate in Zip 57457 (Longlake, SD) is very conservative.
McPherson County, SD is very conservative. In McPherson County, SD 16.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McPherson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.2% to 16.8%.
McPherson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57457 (Longlake, SD) is very conservative.
Longlake, South Dakota is very conservative.
McPherson 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.
Longlake, 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 57457 (Longlake)
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 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)