Clear Lake Township in Minnehaha County, South Dakota is a rural community of just over 500 people. The township is served by a local government that consists of three elected trustees and a treasurer. The trustees are responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the township as well as managing the town’s budget and resources. They also have various responsibilities related to the roads, zoning, development, and other matters within the community. At this time, there are no current political candidates for Clear Lake Township. In order to ensure their constituents can make their voices heard, the trustee board regularly hosts town meetings where residents can discuss any issues or concerns they might have with government decisions or policies. Ultimately, these meetings help create an open dialogue between local leaders and residents that promotes better understanding and trust between them.
The political climate in Clear Lake township (Minnehaha County), SD is moderately conservative.
Minnehaha County, SD is somewhat conservative. In Minnehaha County, SD 43.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Minnehaha county remained moderately Republican, 53.3% to 43.8%.
Minnehaha county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Clear Lake township (Minnehaha County), SD is moderately conservative.
Minnehaha County, South Dakota is somewhat 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.
Clear Lake township (Minnehaha County), South Dakota: R R d 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 (Minnehaha County), SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 70 contributions totaling $8,565 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $122 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 89 contributions totaling $14,943 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $168 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)