Oak Hollow, South Dakota is a small town that is part of the greater Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. Its political climate is typically moderate and conservative, with local candidates usually campaigning on topics such as fiscal responsibility and maintaining traditional values. The current mayor of Oak Hollow is Robert Thompson, who was elected in 2018 after having previously served two terms as a city council member. He has been popular among the citizens of Oak Hollow for his strong stance on keeping taxes low while still ensuring essential services are provided for the town. Additionally, he has put forth initiatives to help protect and improve the environment in Oak Hollow by investing in public transportation systems such as bus lines and bike trails. He also supports an increased focus on education by providing resources to students and teachers alike. Local politicians in Oak Hollow are often focused on improving quality of life for their constituents through smart investments while staying true to the town’s modest and traditional values.
The political climate in Oak Hollow, SD is very conservative.
Hutchinson County, SD is very conservative. In Hutchinson County, SD 20.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hutchinson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.2% to 20.2%.
Hutchinson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Oak Hollow, SD is very conservative.
Hutchinson County, South Dakota 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.
Oak Hollow, 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 Oak Hollow, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 54 contributions totaling $4,479 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)