57070 Viborg, SD is a small town with a population of just over 500 people. It is a place where neighbors know each other and come together to participate in local government and to make decisions that benefit the community. Politically, the city is primarily conservative. There is one mayor who serves as the chief executive for the town and several council members who work with the mayor to govern the day-to-day affairs of Viborg. All elected officials serve four year terms and are voted on by registered residents of Viborg every two years during municipal elections. The current mayor and council have been in office for several years, taking great care to ensure that all constituents are heard and represented fairly in their governing decisions.
The political climate in Zip 57070 (Viborg, SD) is very conservative.
Turner County, SD is very conservative. In Turner County, SD 25.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Turner county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.3% to 25.0%.
Turner county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57070 (Viborg, SD) is very conservative.
Viborg, South Dakota is very conservative.
Turner County, South Dakota is very conservative.
Sioux Falls Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Viborg, 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 57070 (Viborg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 35 contributions totaling $3,305 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $925 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $185 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)