Grant Township is located in Lincoln County, South Dakota and is home to a diverse community of both rural and urban residents. The township is governed by a board of elected commissioners who handle matters such as budgeting, infrastructure development, and public works projects. Grant Township also has its own police force that works to ensure the safety of its community and to enforce local laws. Although there are no current local political candidates running for office, Grant Township encourages residents to become involved in their local government by attending meetings or running for office. The town is committed to promoting civic engagement among its citizens which can help shape the future of the community.
The political climate in Grant township (Lincoln County), SD is strongly conservative.
Lincoln County, SD is moderately conservative. In Lincoln County, SD 37.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lincoln county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.6% to 37.0%.
Lincoln county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Grant township (Lincoln County), SD is strongly conservative.
Lincoln County, South Dakota is moderately conservative.
Sioux Falls 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.
Grant township (Lincoln 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 Grant township (Lincoln County), SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 39 contributions totaling $1,397 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 53 contributions totaling $6,175 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)