McCook County, South Dakota is a rural area that is steeped in the history of politics. Residents of McCook County are passionate about their local representatives, and take pride in the values and beliefs they bring to their government. The county takes great care to ensure that candidate elections are fair and open for everyone. The residents of McCook County have a deep commitment to maintaining an atmosphere of civic engagement and participation in local politics. Through engaging discussions, town halls, and other activities, locals come together to debate important issues that affect the area. These events create an environment where people can easily express themselves and remain involved in their local government.
The political climate in 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
McCook County, SD 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.
McCook, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 McCook County, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 55 contributions totaling $59,952 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,090 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 62 contributions totaling $10,596 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $171 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)