Richland Township in Brule County, South Dakota is a rural area with a population of around 784. The township is divided into four precincts that are represented by a Board of Supervisors. This board is made up of five members who are elected to four-year terms. In the last election cycle, three incumbents were re-elected and two newcomers were elected to serve on the board. All five board members work together to make decisions that impact the people of Richland Township and their daily lives. They focus on issues such as infrastructure, public safety, economic development and environmental protection. The board meets regularly throughout the year to discuss local issues and come up with solutions that will benefit the community as a whole.
The political climate in Richland township (Brule County), SD is very conservative.
Brule County, SD is very conservative. In Brule County, SD 27.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brule county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.3% to 27.0%.
Brule county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Richland township (Brule County), SD is very conservative.
Brule 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.
Richland township (Brule 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 Richland township (Brule County), SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 101 contributions totaling $15,189 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 51 contributions totaling $22,060 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $433 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)