Plano, SD is a small town located in the Midwestern United States. The town has a long history of civic involvement and strong political participation from its citizens. Every two years, local elections are held for the mayor and city council members. Most recently, the election was held in November 2020 with a hotly contested race for mayor between incumbent Mayor Jim Smith and challenger Mary Johnson. In addition to local council races, Plano residents also have the opportunity to engage on state issues through their representatives in the South Dakota Legislature. On any given day, you can expect to find passionate debates on the floor of the state Capitol concerning issues that affect Plano residents directly or indirectly. From healthcare reform to education policy, there is no shortage of topics that will spark discussion among Plano's citizens when it comes to politics.
The political climate in Plano, SD is very conservative.
Hanson County, SD is very conservative. In Hanson County, SD 23.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hanson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.1% to 23.3%.
Hanson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Plano, SD is very conservative.
Hanson County, South Dakota is very conservative.
Mitchell 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.
Plano, 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 Plano, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 214 contributions totaling $44,703 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $209 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 533 contributions totaling $233,516 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $438 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)