In the small town of 57455 Lebanon, SD, politics is an ever-changing climate as individuals come and go in positions. The most recent mayoral election was a close one, with the incumbent Mayor Tom Smith narrowly defeating challenger Ginny Edwards. Town Council meetings are held on a bi-monthly basis to discuss important issues such as community development, public safety, and infrastructure improvements. With a population of just over 1,000 people, the political atmosphere in 57455 Lebanon, SD is relatively quiet compared to larger metropolitan areas; however local voters take their civic duties seriously and always turn out to vote during elections. As the town continues to grow and evolve, so does its political landscape.
The political climate in Zip 57455 (Lebanon, 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 57455 (Lebanon, SD) is very conservative.
Lebanon, 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.
Lebanon, 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 57455 (Lebanon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)