Grandview Township is located in Douglas County, South Dakota. The county is largely rural and serves as home to small towns and agricultural communities. As a result, the politics of the area are centered around public policies that support local businesses, family farms, and natural resources conservation. The local government works to ensure that citizens have access to quality services such as education, infrastructure improvements, and road maintenance. During election years, voters in Grandview Township have the opportunity to elect representatives who will work hard to represent their interests at both the state and federal levels. Candidates from both major parties typically campaign on issues such as economic development, job creation, public safety, and environmental protection. Residents of Grandview Township take their civic responsibility seriously and are proud to be part of a prosperous community with a bright future ahead.
The political climate in Grandview township (Douglas County), SD is very conservative.
Douglas County, SD is very conservative. In Douglas County, SD 12.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Douglas county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.0% to 12.7%.
Douglas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Grandview township (Douglas County), SD is very conservative.
Douglas 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.
Grandview township (Douglas 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 Grandview township (Douglas County), SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 20 contributions totaling $5,100 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $255 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 26 contributions totaling $3,088 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)