Richland Township in McCook County, South Dakota is a small rural township with an active local politics. Its board of supervisors meets regularly to discuss the needs of the community and make decisions that affect its residents. There have been heated debates over issues like zoning regulations, fees for services, and transportation infrastructure. Local political candidates often run for office on platforms advocating for better roads, access to healthcare and more jobs in the area. In recent years, there have been increasing efforts to involve younger members of the community in local politics by encouraging youth engagement activities such as voter registration drives and town hall meetings. Despite its small size, Richland Township has a strong sense of civic pride and many passionate activists working to make their township a better place to live.
The political climate in Richland township (McCook County), SD is very conservative.
McCook County, SD is very conservative. In McCook County, SD 26.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McCook county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.3% to 26.5%.
McCook county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Richland township (McCook County), SD is very conservative.
McCook County, South Dakota is very conservative.
Sioux Falls 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 (McCook 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 (McCook County), SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19 contributions totaling $2,550 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $134 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 33 contributions totaling $7,043 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $213 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)