Lead, SD is a small city located in Lawrence County with a population of approximately 3,000 people. It is led by the mayor and city council, who are elected by the citizens of Lead to ensure that their needs and interests are represented. The local politicians work hard to create a safe and prosperous environment for all residents to enjoy. The current mayor is John Jones, and he has been in office since 2018. The other city council members include Emily Smith, Roger Thompson, Jeff Williams, and Mary Brown. In their recent initiatives, they have focused on creating job opportunities for locals as well as preserving the natural beauty of Lead. They have also made sure that services like public transportation and quality healthcare are available to everyone in the community. Overall, Lead's political representatives take an active role in making sure that its citizens are happy and taken care of.
The political climate in Lead, SD is moderately conservative.
Lawrence County, SD is strongly conservative. In Lawrence County, SD 32.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lawrence county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.3% to 32.8%.
Lawrence county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lead, SD is moderately conservative.
Lawrence County, South Dakota is strongly conservative.
Spearfish Metro Area 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.
Lead, 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 Lead, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 242 contributions totaling $25,404 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 100 contributions totaling $34,621 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $346 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)