Lincoln Township (Brown County), SD is governed by a three-member town board. The township board members serve staggered three-year terms, and are elected at the annual election held in June. The board manages the day-to-day operations of the township, which include setting budgets, approving personnel decisions, and addressing public concerns. In addition to the town board, state representatives from the region also work to represent Lincoln Township's interests on a larger scale. Issues such as healthcare access, transportation infrastructure, and economic development are all topics that provide local political input. By participating in local government meetings and actions on these fronts, citizens of Lincoln Township can have their voices heard on matters that affect their community.
The political climate in Lincoln township (Brown County), SD is strongly conservative.
Brown County, SD is moderately conservative. In Brown County, SD 37.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brown county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.3% to 37.3%.
Brown county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lincoln township (Brown County), SD is strongly conservative.
Brown County, South Dakota is moderately 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.
Lincoln township (Brown 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 Lincoln township (Brown County), SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 471 contributions totaling $57,204 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 757 contributions totaling $175,571 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $232 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)