Sioux Falls, South Dakota is a vibrant city with a population of approximately 181,000 people. It is the most populous city in South Dakota and the 156th largest city in the United States. Politically, Sioux Falls is strongly Republican. The mayor of Sioux Falls is Paul TenHaken, who was elected in 2018. In addition to the mayor, Sioux Falls also has city council members who make up the City Council. The current members are Janet Brekke (President), Pat Starr (Vice President) Greg Neitzert, Rick Kiley, Theresa Stehly, Christine Erickson and Marshall Selberg. Each member serves at least four year terms on the City Council and have different roles within government agencies such as finance, public safety and planning services. They work closely with local businesses and government bodies to create regulations for growth in Sioux Falls. Elections for City Council are held every two years with primary elections occurring in June and general elections held in November of each even-numbered year.
The political climate in Zip 57104 (Sioux Falls, SD) is leaning conservative.
Minnehaha County, SD is somewhat conservative. In Minnehaha County, SD 43.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Minnehaha county remained moderately Republican, 53.3% to 43.8%.
Minnehaha county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57104 (Sioux Falls, SD) is leaning conservative.
Sioux Falls, South Dakota is leaning conservative.
Minnehaha County, South Dakota is somewhat conservative.
Sioux Falls Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
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.
Sioux Falls, South Dakota: R R d 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 57104 (Sioux Falls)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 927 contributions totaling $105,517 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 294 contributions totaling $359,860 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,224 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)