Lake Poinsett, SD is a small town in the southeastern region of the state. It has a long history of citizen involvement in local politics, with residents taking an active role in electing their political representatives. The city holds elections for mayor, city council members and school board members every two years. Mayors are elected by popular vote and serve four-year terms while city council members and school board members serve two-year terms. Lake Poinsett is home to several political organizations that actively promote local candidates and policies. These organizations include the Lake Poinsett Democratic Committee, the Lake Poinsett Republican Party, and the Lake Poinsett Citizens' Action Council. All three organizations work together to ensure that their candidates are well represented on Election Day.
The political climate in Lake Poinsett, SD is very conservative.
Hamlin County, SD is very conservative. In Hamlin County, SD 21.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hamlin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.9% to 21.0%.
Hamlin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lake Poinsett, SD is very conservative.
Hamlin County, South Dakota is very conservative.
Brookings Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Lake Poinsett, 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 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 Lake Poinsett, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 151 contributions totaling $13,984 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 192 contributions totaling $103,456 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $539 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)