Timber Lake, SD is a small town located in the northwest corner of South Dakota. It has a vibrant community and is home to many local businesses. Despite its small size, politics play an important role in the town as its citizens strive to ensure their voices are heard. Various political parties are represented in Timber Lake, with multiple candidates running for local offices every election year. The citizens of Timber Lake take their voting rights seriously and consistently turn out to the polls to voice their opinions in state and national elections. The town also has several civic organizations that are dedicated to keeping residents informed on current issues concerning them and advocating for things such as social justice reform or environmental protection. Although it may be a small town, politics clearly have a large presence in Timber Lake, South Dakota.
The political climate in Timber Lake, SD is leaning liberal.
Dewey County, SD is moderately liberal. In Dewey County, SD 57.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dewey county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.5% to 40.2%.
Dewey county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Timber Lake, SD is leaning liberal.
Dewey County, South Dakota is moderately liberal.
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.
Timber Lake, South Dakota: d D D D d D
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 Timber Lake, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $130 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)