Lincoln County, South Dakota is a rural county located in the Midwest United States. The politics in Lincoln County are generally conservative and have been for many years. The county has traditionally voted Republican in national elections and generally supports leadership that advocates for lowered taxes, fewer regulations, and limited government spending. While there are a few local political candidates running for office from time to time, there is not a lot of active political debate or discussion in the area. The population of Lincoln County is mostly made up of farmers and ranchers who focus on their local communities more than engaging with national politics.
The political climate in Lincoln County, SD is moderately conservative.
In Lincoln County, SD 37.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lincoln county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.6% to 37.0%.
Lincoln county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lincoln County, SD is moderately 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.
Lincoln, 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 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 Lincoln County, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,334 contributions totaling $237,174 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $178 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,262 contributions totaling $660,071 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $523 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)