The town of 57370 Pukwana, SD is a small but vibrant community located in Brule County. In terms of politics, Pukwana is part of South Dakota's 1st Congressional District and is represented by Congressman Dusty Johnson at the federal level. At the state level, Pukwana falls within Districts 28 and 30 which are both represented by Senator Jeff Monroe and Representative Timothy Johns respectively. On a local level, the town is managed by an elected Mayor and a Town Council consisting of four members who are all elected to two year terms. The town also has an appointed Town Clerk who is responsible for all municipal records and paperwork. As such, the citizens of 57370 Pukwana have plenty of opportunities to engage in local politics and make their voices heard among their elected officials.
The political climate in Zip 57370 (Pukwana, SD) is very conservative.
Brule County, SD is very conservative. In Brule County, SD 27.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brule county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.3% to 27.0%.
Brule county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57370 (Pukwana, SD) is very conservative.
Pukwana, South Dakota is very conservative.
Brule 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.
Pukwana, 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 57370 (Pukwana)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $5,700 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,425 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $1,810 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $201 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)