Afton Township, located in Brookings County, South Dakota is a small rural community with a population of approximately 874 people. It is governed by a board of three township supervisors. Local elections for the board are held every two years, during which residents can cast their votes for candidates who wish to serve on the board. The current supervisors are committed to representing the best interests of all township residents and ensuring that local infrastructure and services are maintained to a high standard. With limited resources, the board works hard to make sure that Afton Township remains an attractive place to live and work. They strive to ensure that all citizens can enjoy a high quality of life while living in their rural environment.
The political climate in Afton township (Brookings County), SD is moderately conservative.
Brookings County, SD is somewhat conservative. In Brookings County, SD 41.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brookings county remained strongly Republican, 54.9% to 41.9%.
Brookings county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Afton township (Brookings County), SD is moderately conservative.
Brookings County, South Dakota is somewhat conservative.
Brookings 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.
Afton township (Brookings County), South Dakota: R R d 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 Afton township (Brookings County), SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,362 contributions totaling $108,076 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 263 contributions totaling $121,398 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $462 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)