Clear Lake Township is located in Edmunds County, South Dakota. It is a small rural community that has remained relatively untouched by the rapid growth of technology and infrastructure in other parts of the state. As such, there is little political involvement in the area and local elections are rarely contested. The township board consists of a Supervisor and four Trustees who are elected for two-year terms. Generally, the local population votes along party lines with Republicans typically receiving more support than Democrats. Municipal initiatives are also regularly passed with overwhelming approval from voters as people tend to be conservative when it comes to their tax dollars. Despite its size and lack of major political involvement, Clear Lake Township still provides an important voice in county, state, and national politics.
The political climate in Clear Lake township (Edmunds County), SD is very conservative.
Edmunds County, SD is very conservative. In Edmunds County, SD 21.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Edmunds county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.5% to 21.0%.
Edmunds county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Clear Lake township (Edmunds County), SD is very conservative.
Edmunds County, South Dakota is very conservative.
Aberdeen Metro Area is strongly 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.
Clear Lake township (Edmunds 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 Clear Lake township (Edmunds County), SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 161 contributions totaling $22,121 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $2,743 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $152 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)