The 57638 Lemmon, SD area is a small community in the western part of the state. Politically, it leans to the right and is generally conservative. Local elections usually focus on issues like infrastructure improvements, taxation levels, and educational initiatives. During elections, local political candidates often vie for votes by discussing their positions on these topics and by offering solutions that will benefit the community. Overall, local politics in Lemmon tend to be focused on improving the quality of life for its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 57638 (Lemmon, SD) is very conservative.
Perkins County, SD is very conservative. In Perkins County, SD 14.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Perkins county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.9% to 14.3%.
Perkins county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57638 (Lemmon, SD) is very conservative.
Lemmon, South Dakota is very conservative.
Perkins 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.
Lemmon, 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 57638 (Lemmon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 33 contributions totaling $1,075 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 25 contributions totaling $7,287 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $291 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)