Cow Creek, SD is a small rural town with a tight-knit community. The political landscape of the town is relatively quiet, with an emphasis on local issues and civic engagement. The town has a mayor, who is elected for a four year term, as well as a City Council who are responsible for setting policy and managing the budget. There are also several committees dedicated to specific topics or projects, such as infrastructure or economic development. Although there are no local political candidates running in this election cycle, the citizens of Cow Creek have shown strong support in their local leaders and value their involvement in the decision making process.
The political climate in Cow Creek, SD is very conservative.
Sully County, SD is very conservative. In Sully County, SD 19.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sully county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.1% to 19.9%.
Sully county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cow Creek, SD is very conservative.
Sully County, South Dakota is very conservative.
Pierre Metro Area is very 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.
Cow Creek, 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 Cow Creek, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 584 contributions totaling $33,755 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 470 contributions totaling $145,891 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $310 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)