Lead, South Dakota, is a small town in Lawrence County with a population of about 3,700 people. It is a close-knit community that prides itself on its welcoming atmosphere and supportive neighbors. The town's politics are centered around the local government, which consists of a mayor, city council members, and various boards and commissions. Local elections are held yearly in March to determine who will serve on the city council and other boards and commissions. During these elections, local residents come out to vote for their preferred candidates and discuss the issues that matter most to them. The current mayor is Jeff Heiberger, who has been in office since 2013. Other notable members of Lead's political scene include City Councilman David Meyers and Sanitary District Trustee Jennifer Rapp. In addition to these elected officials, there are also several organizations working towards making Lead a better place to live including Lead Strong Start Collaborative and Lead Citizens United Coalition (LCU). These organizations work together to promote education initiatives, economic development projects, public safety measures, and other initiatives that benefit the residents of Lead.
The political climate in Zip 57754 (Lead, SD) is moderately conservative.
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
Zip 57754 (Lead, SD) is moderately conservative.
Lead, South Dakota is moderately conservative.
Lawrence County, South Dakota 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.
Lead, 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 57754 (Lead)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 67 contributions totaling $8,229 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $560 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)