Silver Lake, SD is a small town located in the north of South Dakota. The local government of Silver Lake is made up of a Mayor and six City Council members who are elected by the residents of the city. The City Council meets regularly to discuss matters that affect the citizens of Silver Lake such as taxes, services, and zoning regulations. Residents can also attend Town Hall meetings to express their opinions and learn more about upcoming ordinances or initiatives. The local government strives to make decisions in the best interest of its community while also taking into account the views and needs of its constituents.
The political climate in Silver Lake, SD is very conservative.
Hutchinson County, SD is very conservative. In Hutchinson County, SD 20.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hutchinson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.2% to 20.2%.
Hutchinson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Silver Lake, SD is very conservative.
Hutchinson 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.
Silver Lake, 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 Silver Lake, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $2,052 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $171 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 50 contributions totaling $24,611 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $492 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)