Richland Township is located in Codington County, South Dakota. As part of the local government structure in this township, there are commissioners who are elected to represent their constituents. The commissioners have oversight of the township and its associated operations, including budgeting and infrastructure development. The political atmosphere of Richland Township is generally quite conservative due to its rural location and traditional values. Local elections usually center around candidates from major parties such as the Republican or Democratic party. Issues important to local voters include taxes, public services, economic growth, and public safety. For many years now, Richland Township has seen strong support for its current leadership and their efforts to create a vibrant township with excellent services for all residents.
The political climate in Richland township (Codington County), SD is very conservative.
Codington County, SD is very conservative. In Codington County, SD 29.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Codington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.1% to 29.2%.
Codington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Richland township (Codington County), SD is very conservative.
Codington County, South Dakota is very conservative.
Watertown 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.
Richland township (Codington 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 (Codington County), SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 263 contributions totaling $18,254 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 469 contributions totaling $164,884 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $352 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)