Okreek, South Dakota is a small rural community located in the southern part of the state. The politics of Okreek are largely focused on finding solutions to local problems, such as improving community infrastructure, increasing tourism and economic development, and providing access to education. Local candidates for office are primarily from the Republican and Democratic parties and focus on representing the interests of their constituents. They work together to promote positive change in the area through collaboration and understanding. Residents of Okreek take pride in their political engagement and actively participate in elections by voting for candidates that they believe will do the best job of representing them.
The political climate in Okreek, SD is moderately liberal.
Todd County, SD is very liberal. In Todd County, SD 77.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 21.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Todd county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 77.3% to 21.0%.
Todd county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Okreek, SD is moderately liberal.
Todd County, South Dakota is very liberal.
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.
Okreek, South Dakota: D D D D D D
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 Okreek, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14 contributions totaling $2,625 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $188 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 104 contributions totaling $32,238 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $310 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)