Rapid Valley in 57703 is an area with a long history of political involvement. Since its incorporation as a city in 1904, many individuals have been elected to local office and served to ensure the best interests of the people living here are being represented. In recent years, Bill Smith and Mary Jane Johnson have both ran successful campaigns for mayor, and their tenure has seen significant investments in infrastructure and public services that have improved the quality of life for all Rapid Valley residents. Additionally, City Council members have recently debated issues such as zoning laws, taxes, and public safety initiatives – all with the intent of making Rapid Valley a safer and more prosperous place to live. By engaging actively with their constituents on various topics, local politicians are ultimately helping create a better community for everyone living in 57703 Rapid Valley.
The political climate in Zip 57703 (Rapid Valley, SD) is moderately 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 57703 (Rapid Valley, SD) is moderately conservative.
Rapid Valley, South Dakota is moderately 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.
Rapid Valley, 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 57703 (Rapid Valley)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 198 contributions totaling $12,820 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 91 contributions totaling $21,191 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $233 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)