The small town of Mc Laughlin, SD (57642) is home to just over 600 people. The politics in this rural area are largely focused on local issues such as taxes, public education, and infrastructure. Local elections focus on the issues that directly affect the residents of the town and are largely non-partisan. Candidates for office range from members of both major political parties to independent candidates who want to represent their constituents without being tied to any single party or ideology. While there is no single dominant party in the area, a majority of residents tend to lean toward more conservative views when it comes to fiscal and social policies. Local representatives strive to bring together different perspectives in order to craft reasonable solutions for all citizens regardless of their political beliefs.
The political climate in Zip 57642 (Mc Laughlin, SD) is leaning 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
Zip 57642 (Mc Laughlin, SD) is leaning conservative.
Mc Laughlin, South Dakota is leaning conservative.
Corson County, South Dakota is leaning conservative.
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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.
Mc Laughlin, 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 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 zip 57642 (Mc Laughlin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $569 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)