Lawrence SD County is an active and vibrant political area. There are many active local and state political organizations that engage in policy issues for the community, such as the Lawrence County Democratic Party, the Lawrence County Republican Party, and other advocacy groups. The county also holds regular elections for local government offices such as County Commissioner, Sheriff, and Judge of Probate. At the state level, Lawrence SD is represented by two senators and three representatives in the South Dakota State Legislature. As a whole, politics in Lawrence SD County play an important role in setting policies that directly affect the lives of its residents.
The political climate in Lawrence County, SD is strongly conservative.
In Lawrence County, SD 32.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lawrence county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.3% to 32.8%.
Lawrence county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lawrence County, SD is strongly conservative.
Spearfish Metro Area is strongly 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.
Lawrence, 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 Lawrence County, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 790 contributions totaling $58,220 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 631 contributions totaling $134,115 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $213 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)