Sisseton Township is located in Marshall County, South Dakota. The township has an active local government that helps to oversee the day-to-day operations of the community. There are a number of elected positions within the township including members of a Board of Supervisors and town clerk. These individuals work in conjunction with other local, state, and federal officials to ensure that Sisseton Township is running smoothly and efficiently. The township works hard to provide its citizens with essential services such as public safety, infrastructure maintenance, garbage collection, and snow removal. Elections are held every two years for various town offices and candidates must be residents of Sisseton Township and have lived there for at least one year prior to filing for election. Local politics often involve debates on issues such as taxes, public works projects, budgeting, and other important topics affecting the citizens of the community. All residents of Sisseton Township are encouraged to research their options before voting for any candidate or issue in order to make informed decisions about which candidates will best serve their interests.
The political climate in Sisseton township (Marshall County), SD is moderately conservative.
Marshall County, SD is moderately conservative. In Marshall County, SD 39.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marshall county remained very strongly Republican, 59.1% to 39.4%.
Marshall county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sisseton township (Marshall County), SD is moderately conservative.
Marshall County, South Dakota is moderately 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.
Sisseton township (Marshall County), South Dakota: r r D d 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 Sisseton township (Marshall County), SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 146 contributions totaling $17,421 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 68 contributions totaling $44,106 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $649 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)