Lone Tree Township (Perkins County), South Dakota is a small, rural community located in Southern South Dakota. It is home to a population of approximately 2,000 people who are mostly employed in either farming or ranching. The township is governed by an elected board of supervisors and holds its elections every two years. The current board consists of five members who are responsible for passing local laws, setting tax rates, and overseeing all other municipal activities. For the last several years, the local political landscape has been largely dominated by the Republican Party, which tends to favor conservative views on fiscal policy and social issues. Recently, there have been some signs that things may be changing as more progressive voices have begun to enter the political arena with a focus on economic development and job growth. In any case, Lone Tree Township remains an important part of Perkins County's political landscape and one that will continue to shape its future for many years to come.
The political climate in Lone Tree township (Perkins County), SD is very conservative.
Perkins County, SD is very conservative. In Perkins County, SD 14.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Perkins county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.9% to 14.3%.
Perkins county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lone Tree township (Perkins County), SD is very conservative.
Perkins 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 (Perkins 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 (Perkins County), SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $3,590 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $299 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)