Lodi, SD is a small city located in the Midwest United States. The population of Lodi is approximately 5,000 people, most of whom are involved in local politics. The Mayor and City Commission are the primary governing bodies that make decisions for the city. Together, they work to create a better environment for the citizens of Lodi and address issues relating to economic growth, infrastructure improvements, education and public safety. Local elections take place every two years and enable citizens to decide who will lead Lodi into the future by selecting their representatives on the City Commission. Recently, candidates from both major political parties have been campaigning hard for votes in order to gain seats on the governing body. These candidates have been addressing important topics such as healthcare reform, job creation, new industry development and much more. Residents of Lodi have an opportunity every election cycle to voice their opinion on who should be leading their city and ensuring its bright future for all citizens.
The political climate in Lodi, SD is very conservative.
Spink County, SD is very conservative. In Spink County, SD 31.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Spink county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.5% to 31.6%.
Spink county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lodi, SD is very conservative.
Spink County, South Dakota is very 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.
Lodi, South Dakota: R R r 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 Lodi, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $2,506 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $313 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 54 contributions totaling $8,770 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $162 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)