Canistota, SD is a small town in the Minnehaha County located in the southeastern corner of the state. Despite its small size, Canistota has an active political atmosphere with many citizens involved in local politics. Over the past few years, the town has seen an influx of new residents who are eager to become engaged in community affairs. Local candidates running for various offices include John Rapp, Mike Miller and Tammy Johnson. They all have different platforms that they focus on such as education, infrastructure improvements and public safety. These candidates work hard to ensure that their visions align with the values of Canistota residents in order to make this town a better place for all members of the community.
The political climate in Canistota, SD is very conservative.
McCook County, SD is very conservative. In McCook County, SD 26.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McCook county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.3% to 26.5%.
McCook county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Canistota, SD is very conservative.
McCook County, South Dakota is very conservative.
Sioux Falls Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Canistota, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Canistota, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 30 contributions totaling $56,202 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,873 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $275 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)