Darlington Township in Clark County, South Dakota is a small rural community that is home to around 775 people. The politics of the area are largely conservative and have been for some time, with the Republican Party holding sway over local political elections. Local issues of importance include taxes, education, and infrastructure. In recent years, there has been an increasing focus on improving public safety in response to major crimes as well as increasing attention being paid to environmental protection initiatives. Darlington Township is represented by several local government officials who are responsible for taking action on a wide range of issues impacting the community. They work hard to ensure that residents are properly represented at both the state and federal levels while also striving to make sure their constituents' voices are heard when it comes to important matters affecting people in their immediate area.
The political climate in Darlington township (Clark County), SD is very conservative.
Clark County, SD is very conservative. In Clark County, SD 23.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clark county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.2% to 23.6%.
Clark county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Darlington township (Clark County), SD is very conservative.
Clark 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.
Darlington township (Clark 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 Darlington township (Clark County), SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $1,950 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $325 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 87 contributions totaling $11,975 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)