Lake Sinai, SD is a small town with a population of just over 2,000 people. Despite its small size, Lake Sinai has an active political climate. Many residents are involved in local government and participate in town hall meetings and events. The community has several elected positions which are filled by residents who take on the responsibility of representing their constituents when making important decisions.The current mayor is John Smith, who was elected to office in 2019. Smith has been a leading advocate for infrastructure improvements and economic development. In addition to the mayor, there are other local political positions including city council members and school board members that are held by elected officials from the community. Overall, politics in Lake Sinai play an important role in shaping the future of this small but vibrant town.
The political climate in Lake Sinai, SD is moderately conservative.
Brookings County, SD is somewhat conservative. In Brookings County, SD 41.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brookings county remained strongly Republican, 54.9% to 41.9%.
Brookings county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lake Sinai, SD is moderately conservative.
Brookings County, South Dakota is somewhat 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 Sinai, 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 Lake Sinai, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 84 contributions totaling $8,140 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 76 contributions totaling $47,894 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $630 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)