57271 Vienna, SD is a small town located in the southeastern corner of South Dakota. As such, politics in this area are focused on local issues and the needs of its citizens. The government of 57271 Vienna, SD is vested in a mayor-council system that works to ensure that the people's wishes are represented in local decision-making. The current mayor is Joe Barta, who was elected in 2014 and is running for re-election in 2020. Other local political candidates include City Councilmember Bill Horstman and School Board Member Kevin Hauge. All three of these candidates are committed to bettering the lives of those living within Vienna and ensuring the town maintains its commitment to small-town values.
The political climate in Zip 57271 (Vienna, SD) is very conservative.
Clark County, SD is very conservative. In Clark County, SD 23.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clark county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.2% to 23.6%.
Clark county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57271 (Vienna, SD) is very conservative.
Vienna, South Dakota is very conservative.
Clark 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.
Vienna, 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 57271 (Vienna)
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 3 contributions totaling $1,725 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $575 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)