Spring Valley Township in McCook County, South Dakota is an area known for its small-town charm and rural atmosphere. The township has no local political candidates and the population of the area is relatively small. As such, there is a limited amount of political activity in the area with most decisions being made by state and county officials. While Spring Valley does not have any elections for positions like mayor or council members, the residents are very involved in political processes like voting on initiatives and attending town hall meetings to discuss matters that affect their community. Furthermore, local organizations such as churches and business associations often host events which bring attention to issues of local importance. Although Spring Valley may appear to be politically inactive, it is actually quite engaged in its own way!
The political climate in Spring Valley township (McCook County), SD is very conservative.
McCook County, SD is very conservative. In McCook County, SD 26.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McCook county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.3% to 26.5%.
McCook county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Spring Valley township (McCook County), SD is very conservative.
McCook County, South Dakota is very conservative.
Sioux Falls Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Spring Valley township (McCook County), 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 Spring Valley township (McCook County), SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 35 contributions totaling $56,797 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,623 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 32 contributions totaling $8,225 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $257 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)