The city of Spearfish, located in South Dakota, is a vibrant community with a range of different political perspectives. The local government is led by an elected Mayor and City Council, which governs over the city affairs. Additionally, there are state representatives who are elected to represent the interests of its citizens in the state legislature. Due to its rural location, many local issues are determined at a county level through ballot initiatives or referendums.
In this election cycle, Spearfish residents will have the opportunity to weigh in on important topics such as taxes and school funding. There are also several candidates running for mayor and city council. Each candidate has their own platform that outlines their position on important issues facing the city. Residents can research those platforms online or attend public debates to learn more about each candidate's stance before casting their ballot.
The political climate in Zip 57783 (Spearfish, SD) is moderately conservative.
Lawrence County, SD is strongly conservative. In Lawrence County, SD 32.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lawrence county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.3% to 32.8%.
Lawrence county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57783 (Spearfish, SD) is moderately conservative.
Spearfish, South Dakota is moderately conservative.
Lawrence County, South Dakota is strongly conservative.
Spearfish Metro Area is strongly 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.
Spearfish, 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 57783 (Spearfish)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 466 contributions totaling $26,642 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 506 contributions totaling $95,243 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $188 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)