In the small town of Vivian, SD (57576), politics is an important part of local life. The town is represented by local politicians who work to ensure the needs and concerns of the people are met. Currently, the mayor is Perry Wobbe. He has held office since 2009 and works closely with the city council to make decisions for the betterment of Vivian. Additionally, there are a number of state representatives who represent Vivian at a higher level in South Dakota's government. Overall, politics plays an important role in Vivian's civic life and is taken seriously by its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 57576 (Vivian, SD) is strongly conservative.
Lyman County, SD is very conservative. In Lyman County, SD 32.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lyman county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.2% to 32.9%.
Lyman county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57576 (Vivian, SD) is strongly conservative.
Vivian, South Dakota is strongly conservative.
Lyman 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.
Vivian, 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 57576 (Vivian)
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 18 contributions totaling $12,387 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $688 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)