The city of Bridgewater, SD (57319) is a small rural community located in Moody County. Although it is small, the city is politically active and involved with the local government. The mayor of Bridgewater is Kelly Mulvey, who was elected in 2019 after having served on the City Council for several years prior to that. In addition to Mayor Mulvey, there are six other members of the City Council who represent different districts within the town. Each representative works to make sure that their constituents’ needs are being met, making sure that all Bridgewater residents have a voice in their local government. In addition to the City Council, the citizens of Bridgewater also elect two representatives to serve on the Moody County Commission Board each year. These representatives are tasked with representing all citizens and businesses within Moody County and helping to ensure that they receive their fair share of resources and services from the county government.
The political climate in Zip 57319 (Bridgewater, SD) is very conservative.
McCook County, SD is very conservative. In McCook County, SD 26.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McCook county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.3% to 26.5%.
McCook county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57319 (Bridgewater, SD) is very conservative.
Bridgewater, South Dakota is very conservative.
McCook County, South Dakota is very 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.
Bridgewater, 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 57319 (Bridgewater)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $1,200 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 24 contributions totaling $3,278 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)