The small town of Lockwood, South Dakota is known for its close-knit and caring sense of community. Political involvement in this rural town is evident by the number of residents who take part in local elections. Every year, the citizens of Lockwood come together to vote on local politicians to represent their interests at the county and state level. Because Lockwood is such a small community, candidates often make house visits and speeches in order to get their messages out and rally support for their campaigns. Community members will often volunteer their time canvassing, hosting political events, and working to educate others about the issues they care about most. As a result, many of the elected officials in Lockwood are well known throughout the town and have a solid understanding of what matters most to its citizens.
The political climate in Lockwood, SD is moderately conservative.
Roberts County, SD is somewhat conservative. In Roberts County, SD 42.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Roberts county remained strongly Republican, 55.8% to 42.4%.
Roberts county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lockwood, SD is moderately conservative.
Roberts County, South Dakota 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.
Lockwood, South Dakota: R d 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 Lockwood, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 67 contributions totaling $5,540 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 42 contributions totaling $8,039 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $191 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)