Lake, SD County is a politically active community with many vibrant organizations and elected leaders working to make the county a better place. Although no one particular candidate or political party stands out as having a monopoly on the political landscape, citizens take part in events such as debates and rallies which showcases the wide variety of philosophies and positions represented in Lake, SD County's politics. An engaged population is active in advocating for their vision of what our local government should be doing to protect its citizens, and regularly participates in voting to ensure that the people they believe will best represent their interests are placed into office. The importance of being politically informed cannot be overstated, and residents often take part in initiatives such as town hall meetings and voter registration drives to ensure everyone has their voice heard.
The political climate in Lake County, SD is strongly conservative.
In Lake County, SD 35.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.7% to 35.2%.
Lake county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lake County, SD is strongly conservative.
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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.
Lake, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Lake County, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,120 contributions totaling $51,797 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 287 contributions totaling $79,002 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $275 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)