Spirit Lake, SD is a small town located in the northern part of South Dakota. Despite its size, Spirit Lake has an active political climate. Political candidates from both major parties run for local offices, ranging from city council to county sheriff. Every four years, presidential candidates make campaign stops in Spirit Lake to meet with residents and speak about their platforms. To ensure fair elections, the local government puts various measures in place such as educating voters on the issues and making sure that all ballots are counted accurately. The politics of Spirit Lake vary widely but are mostly focused on improving life for its citizens and ensuring a bright future for the town.
The political climate in Spirit Lake, SD is very conservative.
Kingsbury County, SD is very conservative. In Kingsbury County, SD 29.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kingsbury county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.5% to 29.5%.
Kingsbury county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Spirit Lake, SD is very conservative.
Kingsbury 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.
Spirit Lake, 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 Spirit Lake, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $600 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 47 contributions totaling $17,041 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $363 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)