Pine Lakes Addition is a small town located in South Dakota. It is a peaceful and friendly place, where the locals are proud of their tight-knit community. Although it may be a small town, the politics of Pine Lakes Addition still have an impact on its citizens. The town has a mayor and city council that work together to make decisions for the good of the whole community. Every election season, local candidates come forward to run for office and take part in debates about issues that affect the people of Pine Lakes Addition. These debates allow citizens to become informed and make an educated decision when it comes time to cast their votes. In addition, local political action committees convene regularly to discuss important topics such as public safety, economic development, and social justice initiatives. Through their efforts, these organizations strive to ensure that all voices are heard within the town's politics and that everyone’s opinion matters in making decisions for Pine Lakes Addition.
The political climate in Pine Lakes Addition, SD is somewhat conservative.
Minnehaha County, SD is somewhat conservative. In Minnehaha County, SD 43.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Minnehaha county remained moderately Republican, 53.3% to 43.8%.
Minnehaha county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pine Lakes Addition, SD is somewhat conservative.
Minnehaha County, South Dakota is somewhat conservative.
Sioux Falls Metro Area 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.
Pine Lakes Addition, 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 Pine Lakes Addition, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 350 contributions totaling $27,908 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 211 contributions totaling $84,880 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $402 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)