Scenic, SD is a small rural community located in 57780. Politics in the area are largely centered around local issues such as economic development, public safety, and land management. The Scenic City Council is responsible for making decisions on these various matters and represents the voice of the citizens of Scenic. Elections for City Council members are held every two years and all registered voters in Scenic can participate. There are currently three City Council members representing the people of Scenic who are passionate about finding solutions to local problems. They work diligently to ensure that their constituents’ voices are heard while striving to create a vibrant and safe community.
The political climate in Zip 57780 (Scenic, 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 57780 (Scenic, SD) is strongly conservative.
Scenic, 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.
Scenic, 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 57780 (Scenic)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $1,000 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $500 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)