In 57257 Peever, South Dakota, politics is a major part of the community. The town has a Mayor and several City Council members that represent the citizens' interests and work to ensure that the city is running in an efficient manner. The Mayor and City Council are elected in municipal elections held every two years. These elections provide citizens with an opportunity to have their voices heard and to make sure that their representatives are making decisions that benefit everyone in the community. Additionally, residents may participate in national elections to help decide on important issues such as taxes, foreign policy, and other matters that affect them directly or indirectly. As a result, politics plays an important role in Peever's overall wellbeing, allowing citizens to voice their concerns and have their opinions taken into account when it comes time for important decisions.
The political climate in Zip 57257 (Peever, SD) is moderately conservative.
Roberts County, SD is somewhat conservative. In Roberts County, SD 42.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Roberts county remained strongly Republican, 55.8% to 42.4%.
Roberts county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57257 (Peever, SD) is moderately conservative.
Peever, South Dakota is moderately conservative.
Roberts County, South Dakota is somewhat conservative.
Not Found Metro Area is 0.
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.
Peever, South Dakota: R d D d 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 57257 (Peever)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 18 contributions totaling $212 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $12 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)