Norway Township, located in Roberts County, South Dakota, is part of the larger political landscape of the state. The township is home to many different local government organizations, such as a board of supervisors and other municipal leaders. These local government entities make decisions that affect the everyday lives of residents in Norway Township. On the state level, all citizens of South Dakota can vote for their respective representatives and senators in Congress. Additionally, they can cast their ballots for the President and Vice President of the United States every four years. For those who want to get involved more locally, there are also opportunities to run for or support a local candidate during election season. This makes it possible for citizens to get involved in their local politics and have their voices heard on important issues that directly affect them.
The political climate in Norway township (Roberts County), SD is moderately conservative.
Roberts County, SD is somewhat conservative. In Roberts County, SD 42.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Roberts county remained strongly Republican, 55.8% to 42.4%.
Roberts county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Norway township (Roberts County), SD is moderately conservative.
Roberts County, South Dakota 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.
Norway township (Roberts County), South Dakota: R d D d 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 Norway township (Roberts County), SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19 contributions totaling $550 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $29 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $75 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)