Prairie City, SD is a small rural city located in Pennington County. It is an area with a deep history of strong political values and beliefs, which are still reflected in the local politics today. During election season, candidates from both major political parties participate in heated debates and campaigns to gain the support of the community. Issues such as infrastructure, healthcare, education, and economic development are discussed during this time. Furthermore, Prairie City's voter turnout has been consistently higher than the national average and its residents take their civic duty seriously by ensuring that their voices are heard through voting. Political change is an important part of life in 57649 Prairie City, SD and citizens recognize that these changes can be made within their own community.
The political climate in Zip 57649 (Prairie City, SD) is very conservative.
Perkins County, SD is very conservative. In Perkins County, SD 14.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Perkins county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.9% to 14.3%.
Perkins county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57649 (Prairie City, SD) is very conservative.
Prairie City, South Dakota is very conservative.
Perkins 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.
Prairie City, 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 57649 (Prairie City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $453 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $750 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $375 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)