New Underwood, South Dakota is a small town located in Pennington County with a population of just over 500 people. Despite its small size, New Underwood has a strong local political presence and is home to many passionate residents who are committed to keeping their community safe and prosperous. Local politics in New Underwood are focused on issues that impact the residents directly, such as water rights, property taxes, school funding, and business regulations. Residents have the opportunity to vote for Town Council members who serve as a direct link between citizens and the Mayor’s office. Beyond this, residents also have the chance to participate in county-wide elections for positions like Pennington County Sheriff and Pennington County Commissioner. Through these elections, citizens can make sure their voices are heard within their community and beyond.
The political climate in Zip 57761 (New Underwood, 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 57761 (New Underwood, SD) is strongly conservative.
New Underwood, 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.
New Underwood, 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 57761 (New Underwood)
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 24 contributions totaling $3,230 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $135 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)