Norden Township is a rural area located in Hamlin County, South Dakota. It is a small community that is largely focused on agriculture and farming. In terms of local politics, Norden Township is represented by the Hamlin County Commission, which consists of five county commissioners elected to four-year terms by the people of the county. The County Commission is responsible for setting policy and managing budgets related to public services such as road maintenance and law enforcement. Additionally, Norden Township also elects its own township representatives who are responsible for specific issues within the township's boundaries such as zoning laws and property taxes. These town council members serve two-year terms and work closely with the county commission to ensure that Norden Township remains a healthy and prosperous community for its residents.
The political climate in Norden township (Hamlin County), SD is very conservative.
Hamlin County, SD is very conservative. In Hamlin County, SD 21.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hamlin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.9% to 21.0%.
Hamlin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Norden township (Hamlin County), SD is very conservative.
Hamlin 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.
Norden township (Hamlin 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 Norden township (Hamlin County), SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 80 contributions totaling $7,120 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 165 contributions totaling $68,363 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $414 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)