Wolf Creek, SD is a small rural town with a population of about 5,000 people. It is home to many small businesses and farms, and the community is tightly knit. Politically, Wolf Creek leans conservatively with most residents having strong ties to the Republican Party. Local elections are often fiercely contested between the two main political parties, with each one vying for control of the city council and mayor's office. In recent years, several candidates have made waves in local politics and initiatives such as education reform and economic development have been topics of discussion among citizens. These debates have only served to solidify Wolf Creek's commitment to maintaining its conservative roots while trying to make strides for progress.
The political climate in Wolf Creek, 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
Wolf Creek, 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.
Wolf Creek, 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 Wolf Creek, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $852 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $142 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 27 contributions totaling $21,933 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $812 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)