Deadwood, SD 57732 is situated in the southern part of South Dakota, close to the Wyoming border. Politics in this area are heavily influenced by local and state government. At the local level, Deadwood residents elect members to the city council who oversee issues such as public safety, infrastructure maintenance, zoning regulations, and more. At the statewide level, Deadwood residents vote for representatives who work on larger-scale issues such as education funding or environmental protection. Voters also have a say in which candidates are elected to represent their district in Washington D.C., making sure their voices are heard at all levels of government. Through their participation in elections, Deadwood residents are able to shape their own political future and make sure their needs are addressed by elected officials at all levels of office.
The political climate in Zip 57732 (Deadwood, SD) is strongly conservative.
Lawrence County, SD is strongly conservative. In Lawrence County, SD 32.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lawrence county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.3% to 32.8%.
Lawrence county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57732 (Deadwood, SD) is strongly conservative.
Deadwood, South Dakota is strongly conservative.
Lawrence County, South Dakota is strongly conservative.
Spearfish 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.
Deadwood, 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 57732 (Deadwood)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 175 contributions totaling $17,175 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 89 contributions totaling $34,061 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $383 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)