Allen, SD is located in Bennett County and has a population of approximately 309 people. The town is overseen by a mayor who is elected for a two-year term. The town also has three Board of Trustees who are elected for three-year terms. Allen is part of South Dakota’s District 28 in the state legislature, which is currently represented by Senator Stace Nelson and Representatives Taffy Howard and Steve Livermont. These representatives make sure to address issues important to the citizens of Allen such as education, healthcare, transportation, housing, infrastructure, and public safety. They also work to ensure that the town receives the necessary funding from the state capital for these important matters.
The political climate in Zip 57714 (Allen, SD) is moderately conservative.
Bennett County, SD is moderately conservative. In Bennett County, SD 39.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bennett county remained very strongly Republican, 58.7% to 39.4%.
Bennett county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57714 (Allen, SD) is moderately conservative.
Allen, South Dakota is moderately conservative.
Bennett County, South Dakota is moderately 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.
Allen, 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 57714 (Allen)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)