Riverside Township (Clay County), SD is a small rural community located in the southeastern corner of the state. Despite its size, the township is home to an engaged and active political atmosphere. Local politics are centered around issues such as economic development, infrastructure maintenance, and public education. The township board of supervisors holds regularly-scheduled meetings throughout the year to discuss various proposals and initiatives related to these topics. Additionally, the local government also sets policies in regards to taxation and land use. Various candidates from both parties run for election in Riverside Township every four years; residents have an opportunity to voice their opinions by casting their votes during elections, thereby selecting their representatives. Through this process, the people of Riverside Township can ensure that their voices are heard and that their interests are represented at all levels of government.
The political climate in Riverside township (Clay County), SD is somewhat conservative.
Clay County, SD is somewhat liberal. In Clay County, SD 54.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clay county remained strongly Democratic, 54.1% to 43.1%.
Clay county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Riverside township (Clay County), SD is somewhat conservative.
Clay County, South Dakota is somewhat liberal.
Vermillion Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Riverside township (Clay County), South Dakota: d D D D d D
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 Riverside township (Clay County), SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 30 contributions totaling $1,377 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 52 contributions totaling $3,685 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)