Howes, SD is a small rural community located in the Black Hills of western South Dakota. The area is known for its outdoor recreation opportunities and breathtaking views of the surrounding mountains and prairies. Politically, Howes has traditionally been a conservative region. All members of the local government are Republicans, and most residents tend to vote Republican in national elections. As with all small towns, the local political issues are especially important to residents as they affect their day-to-day lives more directly than decisions made in larger cities or at the state level. Issues such as public works projects, roads, education, law enforcement, and land use have seen much debate and discussion in recent years as Howes works to maintain its unique character while also adapting to changing times.
The political climate in Zip 57748 (Howes, SD) is strongly conservative.
Meade County, SD is very conservative. In Meade County, SD 24.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Meade county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.2% to 24.0%.
Meade county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57748 (Howes, SD) is strongly conservative.
Howes, South Dakota is strongly conservative.
Meade County, South Dakota is very 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.
Howes, 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 57748 (Howes)
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 4 contributions totaling $725 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $181 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)