Scenic, SD is a small town in South Dakota with a close-knit community. Although it has had its share of political issues, the citizens of Scenic have come together to create a peaceful and prosperous environment for everyone. On the local level, the town is served by an elected Mayor and four city council members who work together to make decisions that affect the community. The town also has an active participatory democracy in which residents can voice their opinions on local matters through public meetings and referendums. The politics of Scenic are centered around making sure that the needs of all constituents are met and creating an environment where everyone can thrive.
The political climate in Scenic, SD is strongly 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
Scenic, SD is strongly 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.
Scenic, 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 Scenic, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 31 contributions totaling $1,725 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 53 contributions totaling $41,435 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $782 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)