Dayton Township, located in Marshall County, South Dakota is a rural area with a small population. The township’s politics are largely influenced by the county and state. The county’s Republican Central Committee works to ensure that local Republican candidates have the resources they need for successful campaigns. Furthermore, the state government also plays an important role in setting policy and enacting legislation that affects the citizens of Dayton Township. For example, recent bills passed by the State Legislature include gun rights reform and anti-corruption measures. While voters in Dayton Township may not have access to many local political candidates, they still have opportunities to gain information about issues impacting their community and participate in elections at both the county and state levels.
The political climate in Dayton township (Marshall County), SD is moderately conservative.
Marshall County, SD is moderately conservative. In Marshall County, SD 39.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marshall county remained very strongly Republican, 59.1% to 39.4%.
Marshall county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dayton township (Marshall County), SD is moderately conservative.
Marshall County, South Dakota is moderately 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.
Dayton township (Marshall County), South Dakota: r r 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 Dayton township (Marshall County), SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 73 contributions totaling $9,636 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $132 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 68 contributions totaling $44,106 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $649 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)