Washington Township in Douglas County, South Dakota is a rather small and peaceful place. The township’s government is run by a three-person board of supervisors who are elected for two-year terms in the general election. As of now, the three supervisors are Helen Smith, Larry Jones, and John Johnson. These three individuals work together to ensure that the town’s needs and concerns are met with effective solutions. They also focus on preserving the community's natural beauty while promoting economic development in Washington Township. The township also has a number of committees that work to keep things running smoothly such as an advisory committee, which acts as an intermediary between the government and its citizens; a roads committee; and a parks committee to help maintain the nearby recreational areas. All of these committees together promote a positive atmosphere where people can come together to foster local growth and progress.
The political climate in Washington township (Douglas County), SD is very conservative.
Douglas County, SD is very conservative. In Douglas County, SD 12.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Douglas county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.0% to 12.7%.
Douglas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Washington township (Douglas County), SD is very conservative.
Douglas County, South Dakota is very 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.
Washington township (Douglas 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 Washington township (Douglas County), SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 40 contributions totaling $5,791 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $145 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $4,620 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $231 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)