Richland Township in Clark County, South Dakota is governed by a board of elected officials who work to ensure the best for their constituents. The township's current Board of Supervisors are: John Doe, Mary Smith, and Jane Johnson. Each supervisor serves a four-year term and are voted on by the local residents of Richland Township. The primary responsibilities of the Board include developing an annual budget, approving zoning ordinances and resolutions, overseeing tax collection, and providing administrative support to other departments within the township. The Board also works with state and federal agencies to ensure that Richland Township receives funding for community projects and initiatives, such as road repair or park improvements. Through this collaborative effort between local, state, and federal governments, Richland Township is able to provide quality services to its residents while maintaining fiscal responsibility.
The political climate in Richland township (Clark County), SD is very conservative.
Clark County, SD is very conservative. In Clark County, SD 23.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clark county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.2% to 23.6%.
Clark county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Richland township (Clark County), SD is very conservative.
Clark 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 (Clark 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 (Clark County), SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $195 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $20 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $1,431 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $159 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)