The political climate in 57656 Timber Lake, SD is relatively conservative. The city is served by the South Dakota State Legislature and it has elected several representatives from the Republican party in recent years. Local residents are particularly proud of their small-town values and strive to maintain a sense of traditionalism within the city. Elections tend to be dominated by local issues such as education, infrastructure, and taxation. Despite its conservative leanings, Timber Lake is still diverse in its opinions when it comes to politics with many passionate debates taking place within the city limits. Residents are involved in their local government and take a vested interest in maintaining a safe and prosperous community that reflects their values.
The political climate in Zip 57656 (Timber Lake, SD) is leaning liberal.
Dewey County, SD is moderately liberal. In Dewey County, SD 57.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dewey county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.5% to 40.2%.
Dewey county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57656 (Timber Lake, SD) is leaning liberal.
Timber Lake, South Dakota is leaning liberal.
Dewey County, South Dakota is moderately liberal.
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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.
Timber Lake, South Dakota: d D D D d D
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 zip 57656 (Timber Lake)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $130 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)