Norway Township is a small rural community located in Turner County, South Dakota. Despite its small size, the township plays an important role in local politics. All of the major political decisions affecting Norway Township are made by the Turner County Commission. The commission is comprised of seven elected members, each representing a different district within the county. Every two years, residents of Norway Township have the opportunity to vote for their preferred candidates to represent them on the commission and help make decisions about things like local taxation, infrastructure upgrades, and public services. Additionally, there are several other positions throughout the county that directly affect Norway Township such as those held by the Sheriff and Auditor. Residents of Norway Township take their responsibility to participate in local government seriously and take pride in having their voices heard through voting and running for office when possible.
The political climate in Norway township (Turner County), SD is very conservative.
Turner County, SD is very conservative. In Turner County, SD 25.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Turner county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.3% to 25.0%.
Turner county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Norway township (Turner County), SD is very conservative.
Turner County, South Dakota is very conservative.
Sioux Falls Metro Area 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 (Turner 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 Norway township (Turner County), SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 93 contributions totaling $4,172 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 40 contributions totaling $8,455 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $211 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)