Lake Township (Marshall County), SD is a small town with a population of around 500 people. The township is served by the Marshall County Board of Commissioners, which plays an important role in local government. The board sets taxes for the area and makes decisions on local issues like road maintenance and zoning laws. The board consists of five members who are elected to serve four-year terms by the residents of Lake Township and Marshall County. At present, these individuals include: Karen Yost, Jake Davidson, Joe Viger, Debra Johnson, and John Miller Jr. All of the members have been active in serving their constituents and their work has had a positive impact on the community. They have worked together to improve infrastructure, fund public projects, and promote economic development throughout Lake Township.
The political climate in Lake township (Marshall County), SD is moderately conservative.
Marshall County, SD is moderately conservative. In Marshall County, SD 39.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marshall county remained very strongly Republican, 59.1% to 39.4%.
Marshall county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lake township (Marshall County), SD is moderately conservative.
Marshall County, South Dakota is moderately 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.
Lake township (Marshall County), South Dakota: r r D d 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 Lake township (Marshall County), SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $550 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 40 contributions totaling $5,224 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $131 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)