Okreek, SD (57563) is a small rural community located in the southeastern corner of South Dakota. It has a diverse population, with many Native American tribes represented, as well as immigrants from various other countries. The town's politics are heavily influenced by its Native American population, and the local government works to ensure that their voices are heard in all matters concerning the town. Elections for local political positions are held every two years and feature candidates from both major parties. These elections are hotly contested and typically draw a large number of voters. Issues such as economic development, education, healthcare, infrastructure and tribal sovereignty often dominate the campaigns and debates involved in these elections. Okreek residents take their vote seriously and strive to elect representatives who will represent their interests in the best way possible.
The political climate in Zip 57563 (Okreek, SD) is strongly 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
Zip 57563 (Okreek, SD) is strongly liberal.
Okreek, South Dakota is strongly liberal.
Todd County, South Dakota is very liberal.
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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.
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 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 57563 (Okreek)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)