Lake Preston, SD is a small town with a population of around 2,000 people. Despite its small size, politics in Lake Preston are an important part of the town's life. Elections for local offices are held every two years and the residents of Lake Preston take these elections seriously. The main political parties in Lake Preston are Republican and Democrat which have been closely contested in recent years. Local issues such as education, healthcare, and infrastructure are often debated during the election process. The mayor of Lake Preston is typically elected by popular vote and is responsible for representing the community’s interests in county-wide meetings and decisions. The City Council is made up of representatives from each neighborhood and works to pass legislation that affects the whole community. With so much at stake in each election cycle, politics play a large role in determining the future of Lake Preston.
The political climate in Lake Preston, SD is very conservative.
Kingsbury County, SD is very conservative. In Kingsbury County, SD 29.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kingsbury county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.5% to 29.5%.
Kingsbury county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lake Preston, SD is very conservative.
Kingsbury County, South Dakota is very 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 Preston, 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 Preston, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $235 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $235 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $750 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $375 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)