Tea, SD is a small town located in Lincoln County with a population of around 6,000 people. The local politics in Tea, SD are largely dominated by the Republican party. In recent elections, Tea has been represented by Republican politicians at both the state and national level. The city is also served by the Tea Area School District and its School Board Members are elected to serve their respective terms. There have been no significant changes in local politics in recent years, but local citizens have been vocal on issues such as education funding and tax reform. To ensure that their voices are heard, many locals turn out to the polls during election season in order to make sure their opinions count.
The political climate in Tea, SD is moderately conservative.
Lincoln County, SD is moderately conservative. In Lincoln County, SD 37.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lincoln county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.6% to 37.0%.
Lincoln county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Tea, SD is moderately conservative.
Lincoln County, South Dakota is moderately conservative.
Sioux Falls 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.
Tea, 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 Tea, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 20 contributions totaling $2,995 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 31 contributions totaling $6,290 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $203 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)