Liberty Township (Edmunds County), SD is a small rural community in the northeast corner of South Dakota, close to the Minnesota border. The local politics of Liberty Township are largely determined by its county-level representatives. Edmunds County has three elected commissioners that make decisions on county-level issues such as roads and bridges, budgeting, law enforcement, and social services. There are also several state representatives serving Liberty Township who represent the area’s interests on statewide issues such as education and taxation. Local elections for these positions take place every two years, with candidates running for a variety of positions from county commissioner to state legislature representative. All local residents are encouraged to get involved in their community by voting in these elections and making their voices heard.
The political climate in Liberty township (Edmunds County), SD is very conservative.
Edmunds County, SD is very conservative. In Edmunds County, SD 21.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Edmunds county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.5% to 21.0%.
Edmunds county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Liberty township (Edmunds County), SD is very conservative.
Edmunds County, South Dakota is very conservative.
Aberdeen Metro Area is strongly 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.
Liberty township (Edmunds 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 Liberty township (Edmunds County), SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $600 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $6,844 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $298 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)