Blackhawk, SD, located in the heart of Meade County, is a small rural town with a population of less than 1000 people. Despite its small size, Blackhawk is home to an engaged and vibrant community that takes great pride in its local politics. The citizens of Blackhawk come together to support their leaders and work together to ensure that the town’s government remains transparent and accountable. Together they are able to address matters important to the local community such as education, public safety, and economic development. Local political candidates are focused on representing their constituents' interests while promoting growth for the town as a whole. Through these efforts, Blackhawk's residents have been able to preserve their unique sense of community spirit even in the face of rapid urbanization.
The political climate in Zip 57718 (Blackhawk, SD) is very conservative.
Meade County, SD is very conservative. In Meade County, SD 24.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Meade county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.2% to 24.0%.
Meade county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57718 (Blackhawk, SD) is very conservative.
Blackhawk, South Dakota is very conservative.
Meade County, South Dakota is very 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.
Blackhawk, 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 57718 (Blackhawk)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 77 contributions totaling $5,365 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 86 contributions totaling $18,004 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $209 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)