Oglala, SD is a small town in the heart of South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Despite its size, Oglala is an incredibly important part of the local political landscape. As a part of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, it is governed by a Tribal Council and President that are elected from within the community. The Tribal Council has jurisdiction over many aspects of life in Oglala, including education, health care services, law enforcement, and economic development. This body also works with other members of the Tribal Government to ensure that all policies and programs benefit the citizens of Oglala as much as possible. Additionally, each year local residents can cast their vote for local candidates in various races for mayor and other positions on City Council. These elections are an important part of keeping local government accountable to its citizens and it is always exciting to see who will be chosen to serve on behalf of all those living in Oglala.
The political climate in Zip 57764 (Oglala, SD) is strongly liberal.
Oglala Lakota County, SD is very liberal. In Oglala Lakota County, SD 88.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 9.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Oglala Lakota county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 88.4% to 9.3%.
Oglala Lakota county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57764 (Oglala, SD) is strongly liberal.
Oglala, South Dakota is strongly liberal.
Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota is very liberal.
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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.
Oglala, South Dakota: D D D D D D
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 57764 (Oglala)
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)