Farmington Township is located in Lake County, South Dakota and is a unique community with great political representation. The local township board consists of five elected commissioners that serve four-year terms and govern the community’s services and operations. All citizens in this township are encouraged to get involved by attending meetings and voting in local elections. Every few years voters in Farmington Township have the opportunity to elect representatives that will shape the direction of their community. The most recent election saw a change in leadership as incumbent candidates were replaced by fresh ideas. This shift has resulted in an increased focus on creating innovative solutions to better serve the citizens of Farmington Township.
The political climate in Farmington township (Lake County), SD is strongly conservative.
Lake County, SD is strongly conservative. In Lake County, SD 35.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.7% to 35.2%.
Lake county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Farmington township (Lake County), SD is strongly conservative.
Lake County, South Dakota 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.
Farmington township (Lake 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 Farmington township (Lake County), SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,080 contributions totaling $40,649 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 246 contributions totaling $70,596 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $287 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)