The small town of Lake Preston, SD is located in the southeastern region of the state and has a population of around 570 people. Despite its size, locals are involved in local politics and have strong opinions on political topics. During election season, candidates often come to visit the town for events like meet and greets or debates to try and sway voters in their favor. Locals are passionate about issues such as education reform, taxes, immigration policies, healthcare reform, and climate change. They also strive for transparency between elected officials and constituents to ensure their voices are heard. With the upcoming elections this year, many residents are looking forward to participating in the democratic process by making informed decisions on who will best represent them at state and national levels.
The political climate in Zip 57249 (Lake Preston, SD) is very conservative.
Kingsbury County, SD is very conservative. In Kingsbury County, SD 29.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kingsbury county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.5% to 29.5%.
Kingsbury county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57249 (Lake Preston, SD) is very conservative.
Lake Preston, South Dakota is very conservative.
Kingsbury 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 Preston, 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 57249 (Lake Preston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $235 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $235 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $750 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $375 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)