Union Township in Moody County, SD is an area of about 630 people. It is a rural community that prides itself on its agricultural heritage and tight-knit sense of community. While not very large, Union Township has an active political scene with local representatives regularly attending town meetings and engaging with their constituents. The township is served by two representatives in the South Dakota House of Representatives and one representative in the Senate. All three elected officials are members of the Republican Party, which is the dominant party in Moody County. Local elections, both for state representatives and county offices, are held every two years and are hotly contested races as candidates from both parties battle it out to represent their communities.
The political climate in Union township (Moody County), SD is strongly conservative.
Moody County, SD is strongly conservative. In Moody County, SD 36.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Moody county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.9% to 36.8%.
Moody county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Union township (Moody County), SD is strongly conservative.
Moody County, South Dakota is strongly 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.
Union township (Moody County), South Dakota: r r d 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 Union township (Moody County), SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 120 contributions totaling $23,101 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $193 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 50 contributions totaling $8,488 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)