Big Sioux, South Dakota is a small town with a population of about 8,000 people. It is located in the southeastern corner of the state and is an important part of the local economy. The political landscape in Big Sioux is diverse, with representation from both major parties as well as a few smaller parties. The mayor of Big Sioux is an Independent who was elected in 2019 and serves a two-year term. This mayor works closely with city council members, also elected by Big Sioux residents, to ensure that the needs of all citizens are being met. Additionally, local candidates for state and national offices regularly campaign in Big Sioux to connect with voters and discuss their platforms. Overall, politics in Big Sioux are reflective of the small-town atmosphere where everyone's opinion matters and every vote counts.
The political climate in Big Sioux, SD is strongly conservative.
Union County, SD is very conservative. In Union County, SD 30.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Union county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.1% to 30.8%.
Union county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Big Sioux, SD is strongly conservative.
Union County, South Dakota is very conservative.
Sioux City 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.
Big Sioux, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Big Sioux, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 834 contributions totaling $156,970 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $188 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 772 contributions totaling $743,956 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $964 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)