Gettysburg, SD (57442) is a small town located in central South Dakota. Despite its size, Gettysburg has a rich political history. The town is part of the Potter County political district and is represented by state senator Corey Brown. Senator Brown is an advocate for rural issues, including agricultural production and economic development. Locally, the mayor of Gettysburg is Dan Schadegg, who was elected in 2018 with strong support from the community. In addition to Mayor Schadegg, residents of Gettysburg can participate in local politics through their City Council members and various boards and committees that are appointed by the Mayor's office. While there may not be any current local political candidates running for office in 57442 Gettysburg, SD, there are still plenty of ways to get involved in local politics through attendance at council meetings and volunteer opportunities within the town.
The political climate in Zip 57442 (Gettysburg, SD) is very conservative.
Potter County, SD is very conservative. In Potter County, SD 16.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Potter county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.5% to 16.4%.
Potter county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57442 (Gettysburg, SD) is very conservative.
Gettysburg, South Dakota is very conservative.
Potter County, South Dakota is very 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.
Gettysburg, 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 57442 (Gettysburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 45 contributions totaling $629 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $14 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 37 contributions totaling $26,794 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $724 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)