Pleasant View Township in Beadle County, South Dakota is a small rural community that is governed by the Pleasant View Township Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees consists of three elected officials who are responsible for managing the township’s budget, overseeing local zoning, and representing the interests of the local residents. The trustees also serve on various committees related to local government such as the Planning Commission and Beadle County Economic Development Council. In addition to these roles, the trustees actively seek out ways to make changes that benefit their constituents. This includes looking for grant opportunities, advocating for improved infrastructure and services such as broadband internet access, and working closely with other local municipalities to ensure that resources are properly utilized. Civic engagement is an important part of Pleasant View Township’s political culture, with many residents attending meetings and participating in town hall events in order to voice their opinions and concerns. Overall, Pleasant View Township is committed to providing its citizens with quality services while maintaining a high level of transparency within its government structure.
The political climate in Pleasant View township (Beadle County), SD is very conservative.
Beadle County, SD is very conservative. In Beadle County, SD 29.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Beadle county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.9% to 29.8%.
Beadle county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pleasant View township (Beadle County), SD is very conservative.
Beadle County, South Dakota is very conservative.
Huron Metro Area 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.
Pleasant View township (Beadle 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 Pleasant View township (Beadle County), SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 214 contributions totaling $44,596 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $208 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 186 contributions totaling $89,759 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $483 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)