Lake Andes, located in the 57356 zip code, is a small rural town in South Dakota with a population of just over 1,000 people. Despite its small size, Lake Andes has a vibrant and active political landscape. At the local level, local elections are held every two years to elect representatives for the town's Board of Commissioners. This board is responsible for setting policy and overseeing many aspects of daily life in Lake Andes. Candidates for these positions typically come from within the local community and have deep ties to the area. Issues that traditionally appear on ballots here include those related to taxes, infrastructure development, education reform, health care access and economic growth. The residents of Lake Andes take pride in their electoral process and strive to make informed decisions about who will represent them locally.
The political climate in Zip 57356 (Lake Andes, SD) is very conservative.
Charles Mix County, SD is very conservative. In Charles Mix County, SD 31.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Charles Mix county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.5% to 31.1%.
Charles Mix county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57356 (Lake Andes, SD) is very conservative.
Lake Andes, South Dakota is very conservative.
Charles Mix County, South Dakota is very 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 Andes, 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 zip 57356 (Lake Andes)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 37 contributions totaling $4,046 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $1,350 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $225 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)