Lincoln Township in Spink County, South Dakota is largely a rural and agricultural community. With a population of just under 1,000 people it is not a major player in South Dakota politics, however there are still some important local issues that require the attention of local political candidates. These local issues range from improving infrastructure to addressing the needs of the area's growing senior population. In recent years these issues have been addressed by several local candidates who have run for office, though none have managed to secure election yet due to the smaller population in this region. As such, Lincoln Township still faces some significant political challenges and will need strong leaders to address them moving forward.
The political climate in Lincoln township (Spink County), SD is very conservative.
Spink County, SD is very conservative. In Spink County, SD 31.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Spink county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.5% to 31.6%.
Spink county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lincoln township (Spink County), SD is very conservative.
Spink 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.
Lincoln township (Spink County), 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 Lincoln township (Spink County), SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $2,506 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $313 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 79 contributions totaling $10,980 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)