Brant Lake, South Dakota is a small rural community located in the eastern part of the state. Although the population of Brant Lake may be small, its politics are anything but. The town is represented by several local political candidates who strive to represent their community members’ interests in government and public policy decisions. Local candidates have strong ties to the community, having grown up in Brant Lake or nearby areas, and understand what issues are important to their constituents. They work hard to ensure that local concerns such as economic development, job opportunities, education funding, infrastructure development, and environmental protection are addressed. These candidates participate in numerous debates and forums with other local political leaders so that they can share ideas on how best to serve their constituents. With a growing number of engaged citizens supporting these candidates and their efforts, Brant Lake continues to be an active hub for political discourse within South Dakota.
The political climate in Brant Lake, SD is strongly conservative.
Lake County, SD is strongly conservative. In Lake County, SD 35.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.7% to 35.2%.
Lake county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Brant Lake, SD is strongly conservative.
Lake County, South Dakota 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.
Brant Lake, South Dakota: r R d 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Brant Lake, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $1,850 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $463 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $1,250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $417 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)