Jackson Township (Charles Mix County), South Dakota is home to many citizens who are politically active and engaged in the local government. The Township holds elections annually for its governing board, which consists of a supervisor, clerk, treasurer and three trustees. The Supervisor oversees township business, while the Clerk records minutes from meetings, issues licenses and maintains records. The Treasurer collects taxes and other fees from taxpayers and pays all bills incurred by the township. Lastly, the Trustees create policies to ensure that the town is well run and carry out any special projects that they deem necessary.
The people of Jackson Township also take part in various state-level elections as well as national campaigns. In recent years, Jacksonians have been very vocal concerning a variety of topics including health care reform, education funding and environmental protection. In their efforts to promote change, they have organized rallies at the county courthouse and contacted their elected representatives about important issues. As such, they serve as an example of how citizens can make a difference in making sure their voices are heard in local politics.
The political climate in Jackson township (Charles Mix County), SD is very conservative.
Charles Mix County, SD is very conservative. In Charles Mix County, SD 31.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Charles Mix county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.5% to 31.1%.
Charles Mix county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Jackson township (Charles Mix County), SD is very conservative.
Charles Mix 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.
Jackson township (Charles Mix 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 Jackson township (Charles Mix County), SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 75 contributions totaling $3,999 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 43 contributions totaling $11,800 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $274 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)