Box Elder, South Dakota is a small rural town located in Meade County. Despite its size, local politics are an important part of the town's culture. The city makes decisions about zoning regulations, budgets, public services, and infrastructure that shape the community. Local elections are held every two years for Mayor and City Council positions, allowing citizens to have a say in their government. These officials work together to ensure that the needs of Box Elder's residents are met and that the town maintains its traditional values. As an active participant in the political process, Box Elder strives to make sure everyone has a voice when it comes to making important decisions about their community.
The political climate in Zip 57719 (Box Elder, SD) is moderately 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
Zip 57719 (Box Elder, SD) is moderately conservative.
Box Elder, South Dakota is moderately 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.
Box Elder, 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 57719 (Box Elder)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 493 contributions totaling $43,926 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 137 contributions totaling $18,453 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $135 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)