Hot Springs, South Dakota is a small town located in the Black Hills region of the state. It has a population of just over 3,500 and is known for its natural hot springs and historic downtown area. Politically, Hot Springs is a mostly conservative area with many residents supporting Republican candidates at the local level. The current mayor of Hot Springs is Jeff Potter and he was elected to serve in 2018. He has been an advocate for fiscal responsibility while also addressing the needs of businesses and citizens throughout Hot Springs. At the state level, residents in Hot Springs tend to support candidates who share their values on issues such as economic development, education reform, gun rights, and protecting religious freedom. Additionally, members of both major parties have worked together to pass legislation that helps to improve infrastructure and keep taxes low for all residents.
The political climate in Zip 57747 (Hot Springs, SD) is strongly conservative.
Fall River County, SD is very conservative. In Fall River County, SD 26.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fall River county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.2% to 26.1%.
Fall River county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57747 (Hot Springs, SD) is strongly conservative.
Hot Springs, South Dakota is strongly conservative.
Fall River County, South Dakota is very conservative.
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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.
Hot Springs, 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 57747 (Hot Springs)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 122 contributions totaling $7,719 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 103 contributions totaling $13,903 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $135 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)