Lone Tree township is located in Charles Mix County, South Dakota and is a small, rural community. The politics of Lone Tree Township are strongly rooted in local issues such as education, land use, economic development and public safety. Politically, Lone Tree Township supports the Democratic Party and has one voting precinct within its borders. In recent years, Lone Tree Township has been involved in many debates over school district consolidation as well as the proper use of land for agricultural purposes. Many of the local candidates running for office have voiced their support for these issues and made them a priority in their campaigns. With an active political atmosphere in the community, Lone Tree Township has seen some major changes over the past few years that have had a positive impact on the quality of life for its residents.
The political climate in Lone Tree township (Charles Mix County), SD is very conservative.
Charles Mix County, SD is very conservative. In Charles Mix County, SD 31.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Charles Mix county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.5% to 31.1%.
Charles Mix county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lone Tree township (Charles Mix County), SD is very conservative.
Charles Mix 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.
Lone Tree township (Charles Mix County), 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 Lone Tree township (Charles Mix County), SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $1,050 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $263 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $8,459 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $564 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)