Buffalo Gap, South Dakota is a small town located in the state's unincorporated area. With a population of only around 100 people, it is not heavily populated and has very minimal political activity. In recent years, no local candidates have been elected to any political positions in Buffalo Gap. Instead, residents of the small community rely on their state and federal representatives to represent their interests. The most recent election activities involve state-wide initiatives that are voted on by the residents of South Dakota. Through these votes, the people of Buffalo Gap are able to express their opinions and choices for their future government.
The political climate in Zip 57722 (Buffalo Gap, SD) is very conservative.
Custer County, SD is very conservative. In Custer County, SD 27.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Custer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.1% to 27.7%.
Custer county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57722 (Buffalo Gap, SD) is very conservative.
Buffalo Gap, South Dakota is very conservative.
Custer 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.
Buffalo Gap, 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 57722 (Buffalo Gap)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $75 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $925 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $231 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)