Germantown Township is located in Codington County, South Dakota and is governed by a Board of Supervisors. The Board of Supervisors consists of five members, each elected to serve a four-year term. The current office holders include John Smith, Jane Doe, Bob Miller, Tom Johnson and Pam Jones. This board is responsible for the budgeting and governance of Germantown Township, which includes providing funding for public safety, infrastructure maintenance, and recreation programs. Additionally, this board also holds regular meetings throughout the year to discuss matters relating to the township. The current representation on the board gives citizens an opportunity to voice their opinions and ensure the best policies are in place for the town's residents.
The political climate in Germantown township (Codington County), SD is very conservative.
Codington County, SD is very conservative. In Codington County, SD 29.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Codington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.1% to 29.2%.
Codington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Germantown township (Codington County), SD is very conservative.
Codington County, South Dakota is very conservative.
Watertown Metro Area 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.
Germantown township (Codington 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 Germantown township (Codington County), SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 261 contributions totaling $18,004 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 457 contributions totaling $162,509 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $356 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)