McIntosh, SD is a small town located in central South Dakota. It is a rural town with a population of about 600 people. The local politics are very much focused on the needs of the community and its citizens. The town government consists of a mayor, who is elected by the citizens, as well as five city council members who are also elected by the citizens. The city council works to ensure that McIntosh has all of the services needed for a thriving community, such as public safety and infrastructure improvements. The mayor and council also work hard to take into consideration any issues or concerns that arise from residents and make efforts to address them in a timely manner. Local political candidates often focus their campaigns on how they will help improve life for McIntosh residents.
The political climate in McIntosh, SD is somewhat conservative.
Corson County, SD is leaning conservative. In Corson County, SD 48.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Corson county remained narrowly Republican, 50.4% to 48.5%.
Corson county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
McIntosh, SD is somewhat conservative.
Corson County, South Dakota is leaning 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.
McIntosh, South Dakota: r D D D 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 McIntosh, 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 10 contributions totaling $670 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)