Lane, SD is a small town located in the rural Midwest. It has a long history of governance that upholds traditional values and encourages civic engagement. Politically, the town leans conservative and many of its residents are active members of the Republican Party. Every four years, local elections are held for mayor and city council representatives, with each candidate vying to bring their own unique vision to the table. Currently, incumbent Mayor Joe Smith is running for re-election against local businessman Bill Brown for mayor, while there are several candidates competing for two open seats on the City Council. The election is sure to be an interesting one as each candidate brings his or her own set of goals and ideas to the campaign trail. Residents of Lane will have plenty of opportunities to learn more about each candidate's platform before casting their ballots in November.
The political climate in Lane, SD is very conservative.
Jerauld County, SD is very conservative. In Jerauld County, SD 26.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jerauld county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.7% to 26.8%.
Jerauld county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lane, SD is very conservative.
Jerauld 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.
Lane, 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 Lane, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 171 contributions totaling $21,461 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 37 contributions totaling $19,074 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $516 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)