Goodwill Township in South Dakota is a small community that prides itself on its strong sense of civic engagement and involvement. For the past several years, the local government has been run by an elected mayor and a five-member city council. During election season, there are always debates among the candidates for mayor and city council positions about how best to serve the needs of Goodwill Township residents. The candidates who get elected strive to improve public services such as schools, transportation infrastructure, public safety, parks, and utilities. In addition, those in office work to promote economic growth and job creation for all residents. Candidates often hold meetings with citizens to discuss their ideas and plans for the community’s future. Community members have a strong voice in politics in Goodwill Township, which contributes greatly to its high level of civic engagement.
The political climate in Goodwill, SD is somewhat conservative.
Roberts County, SD is somewhat conservative. In Roberts County, SD 42.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Roberts county remained strongly Republican, 55.8% to 42.4%.
Roberts county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Goodwill, SD is somewhat conservative.
Roberts County, South Dakota 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.
Goodwill, 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 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 Goodwill, SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 330 contributions totaling $36,404 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 107 contributions totaling $22,313 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $209 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)