Shady Beach is a Republican stronghold. About 23% of voters here vote Democratic and 77% Republican.
About 71% of adults in Shady Beach typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Shady Beach, ~16% vote Democratic, ~55% Republican, and ~29% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Shady Beach compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Shady Beach leans more Republican than 21 of 27 neighbors.
Shady Beach runs about 24 points more Republican than South Dakota as a whole.
Why Shady Beach leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Shady Beach, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 78% of households in Shady Beach are family households, about 12 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Shady Beach, SD sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Shady Beach looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Shady Beach is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 68%, about 8 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 94% of households in Shady Beach own their home, about 19 points above the U.S. average of 75%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Hartford Beach, SD R+52
- Corona, SD R+56
- Big Stone City, SD R+54
- Lagoona Beach, MN R+31
- Clinton, MN R+37
- Ortonville, MN R+28
- Milbank, SD R+50
- Wilmot, SD R+51
Cities with Similar Populations
- Copperfield, NV R+39
- Venus, KY R+59
- Lake Shore, TX R+78
- Plato, NY R+44
- Chambersburg, OH R+58
- Leisenring, PA R+45
- Cotton City, NM R+55
- North Prairie, TX R+68
- Union Temple, TN R+71
- Egypt, GA R+60
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from South Dakota Secretary of State, Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.
Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.
Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.