Spring Lake Township, located in Kingsbury County of South Dakota, has a long history of political activity. While the township does not have any local candidates leading the way, there are plenty of political leaders from surrounding towns and cities that are actively involved in advocating for the people in Spring Lake Township. As far as policy, most people tend to associate with either the Democratic or Republican parties. Local issues that are important to Spring Lake Township include infrastructure improvements, support for local businesses, and safety and security measures for residents. The township also works hard to promote education and higher learning opportunities for all residents. Overall, politics in Spring Lake Township is an active and engaging atmosphere where residents can weigh in on a number of issues to make their voices heard in this important area of South Dakota.
The political climate in Spring Lake township (Kingsbury County), SD is strongly 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
Spring Lake township (Kingsbury County), SD is strongly 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.
Spring Lake township (Kingsbury 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 Spring Lake township (Kingsbury County), SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 50 contributions totaling $6,245 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 51 contributions totaling $39,963 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $784 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)