Salem, South Dakota is a small town located in the Minnehaha County area. While it may be small in size, its politics are just as important as any other municipality in the state. The town is represented by several elected officials, including a mayor, four city council members, and a variety of representatives from county and state government offices. There are many local organizations and groups that work to ensure Salem's citizens are well-represented on all levels when it comes to politics. Every election cycle, residents of Salem can cast their votes for candidates who will represent them at every level of government. These votes serve as an important part of ensuring that the people of Salem have a voice and that their voices are heard in the halls of power in South Dakota.
The political climate in Zip 57058 (Salem, 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 57058 (Salem, SD) is very conservative.
Salem, 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.
Salem, 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 57058 (Salem)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $900 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $300 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $6,067 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $303 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)