Rapid Valley, SD is a peaceful town located in the southeastern part of South Dakota. It is known for its peaceful atmosphere and friendly residents. Despite this, there are still important political issues that need to be discussed in Rapid Valley. Local politicians work to ensure that the town remains a safe and prosperous place to live for its citizens. They strive to provide the best possible services and resources for their constituents, and they also listen attentively to citizens’ concerns and feedback about local politics. Elections are held regularly in Rapid Valley, with local candidates running for office to represent the interests of their constituents. Although it is not necessary to include population or name local political candidates, it is important to remember that politics does play an incredibly important role in Rapid Valley’s future growth and development.
The political climate in Rapid Valley, SD is moderately conservative.
Pennington County, SD is strongly conservative. In Pennington County, SD 35.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pennington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.0% to 35.8%.
Pennington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rapid Valley, SD is moderately conservative.
Pennington County, South Dakota is strongly conservative.
Rapid 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.
Rapid Valley, 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 Rapid Valley, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 198 contributions totaling $12,820 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 91 contributions totaling $21,191 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $233 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)