Spring Valley Township in Turner County, South Dakota is a rural area that is governed by local elected officials. These officials make decisions on behalf of the community and they are responsible for the welfare and development of the township. The township is made up of small rural communities and has a friendly, family-oriented atmosphere. All residents within Spring Valley Township have an opportunity to participate in the political process through voting for their preferred candidates during elections. The current local political leaders are committed to working with the members of the community to ensure that Spring Valley Township continues to be a great place to live and raise families. Residents take pride in their town, which shows in their active involvement in all aspects of politics and civic life.
The political climate in Spring Valley township (Turner County), SD is very conservative.
Turner County, SD is very conservative. In Turner County, SD 25.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Turner county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.3% to 25.0%.
Turner county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Spring Valley township (Turner County), SD is very conservative.
Turner 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.
Spring Valley township (Turner 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 Spring Valley township (Turner County), SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 123 contributions totaling $6,882 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $1,913 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $213 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)