Torrey Lake, SD is a small town in the Midwest United States known for its friendly residents and quaint atmosphere. Although it is not a large city or even a particularly dense area, politics still play an important role in Torrey Lake. The local government is led by an elected mayor who works with the city council to make decisions that will benefit the community as a whole. Local elections are held every two years and voters have the opportunity to select representatives from their own neighborhoods to help lead and shape the future of Torrey Lake. Residents also have access to various state-level politicians who represent the town’s interests at higher levels of government. Despite its small size, Torrey Lake has an active political scene that helps ensure residents’ voices are heard on important issues.
The political climate in Torrey Lake, SD is very conservative.
Brule County, SD is very conservative. In Brule County, SD 27.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brule county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.3% to 27.0%.
Brule county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Torrey Lake, SD is very conservative.
Brule 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.
Torrey 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 Torrey Lake, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 75 contributions totaling $3,999 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 27 contributions totaling $7,150 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $265 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)