Iowa Township, located in Douglas County, South Dakota is a small rural community with a population of around 1,000 people. Like many small towns in the Midwest, Iowa Township is heavily involved in local politics. The township is represented by two supervisors on the Board of Supervisors as well as members of the Town Council. The Town Council meets regularly to discuss matters relating to the community and they are responsible for the administration of all public business within Iowa Township. Local elections are held every three years to elect town officials who are responsible for overseeing the day-to-day management and operations of Iowa Township's government. The citizens of Iowa Township have a strong sense of civic responsibility and take pride in being active participants in their local politics. They are engaged with their local government and make sure that their voices are heard when it comes to their town’s future.
The political climate in Iowa 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
Iowa 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.
Iowa 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 Iowa 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)