Richland Township in Brookings County, South Dakota is a rural community with a population of approximately 400 people. The township is governed by an elected town board consisting of three members. The current town board members are Jodi Larson, Mike Hohm and Gregory Sorensen. They are responsible for making decisions on local policies and regulations that affect the town’s citizens. Richland Township’s government works to ensure the safety, security and well being of its residents through public services such as snow removal, road maintenance, trash pickup and emergency response. The officials strive to make sure that the township is a great place to live and work for everyone who calls it home. Though there are no local political candidates running for office in Richland Township, the citizens always have access to their elected leaders when it comes to voicing their opinions or addressing issues in their community.
The political climate in Richland township (Brookings County), SD is moderately conservative.
Brookings County, SD is somewhat conservative. In Brookings County, SD 41.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brookings county remained strongly Republican, 54.9% to 41.9%.
Brookings county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Richland township (Brookings County), SD is moderately conservative.
Brookings County, South Dakota is somewhat conservative.
Brookings 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.
Richland township (Brookings County), South Dakota: R R d 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 Richland township (Brookings County), SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 55 contributions totaling $1,384 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 41 contributions totaling $4,385 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)