The city of 57745 Hill City, SD is a small town located in the Black Hills of South Dakota. It is a lively community with a population estimated to be just over 1,100 people. Despite its size, Hill City has an active political presence with many local organizations and initiatives dedicated to civic engagement. Local residents can get involved in community-level decision making by attending city council meetings or by engaging directly with their local state representatives. Local organizations such as the Hill City Democratic Party and the Hill City Republican Party have been active for decades, advocating for their respective party platforms as well as local issues. The city also hosts numerous public forums throughout the year that provide citizens with an opportunity to engage in civil discourse on important topics in their community. No matter their political affiliation, all members of the Hill City community are encouraged to participate in the democratic process and take part in shaping the future of their town.
The political climate in Zip 57745 (Hill City, SD) is strongly 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 57745 (Hill City, SD) is strongly conservative.
Hill City, South Dakota is strongly 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.
Hill City, 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 57745 (Hill City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 250 contributions totaling $6,035 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $24 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $5,145 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $245 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)