Blaine Township (Jerauld County), South Dakota is a rural area with a small population. The township has local government bodies which are responsible for the management and maintenance of services such as schools, roads, public buildings, and other infrastructure. These local government bodies are composed of members who are elected by the citizens of Blaine Township in order to represent them and their interests on local issues. Elections for political offices in the township include positions such as mayor, council members, school board members, and other local officials. It is important for residents of Blaine Township to get involved in these elections by voting and showing support for the candidates that best represent their interests. By doing so, they help ensure that the decisions made by their local government are ones that will benefit them and their community.
The political climate in Blaine township (Jerauld County), SD is very conservative.
Jerauld County, SD is very conservative. In Jerauld County, SD 26.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jerauld county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.7% to 26.8%.
Jerauld county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Blaine township (Jerauld County), SD is very conservative.
Jerauld County, South Dakota is very 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.
Blaine township (Jerauld County), 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 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 Blaine township (Jerauld County), SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 171 contributions totaling $21,461 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 37 contributions totaling $19,074 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $516 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)