Sherman, TX is a city located in Grayson County in North Texas. It is the county seat and has a population of about 41,000 people. Politically, Sherman is largely Democratic. In recent elections, the majority of voters have favored Democratic candidates for local and state offices. For example, in the 2020 Presidential election, more than 70% of those voting in Sherman chose the Democratic candidate. The city also tends to support progressive policies on issues like healthcare and environmental protection. Local officials are focused on improving public services and promoting economic development to ensure that everyone can enjoy a high quality of life here in Sherman.
The political climate in Sherman, TX is moderately conservative.
Grayson County, TX is very conservative. In Grayson County, TX 24.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grayson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.3% to 24.4%.
Grayson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sherman, TX is moderately conservative.
Grayson County, Texas is very conservative.
Sherman-Denison Metro Area is very conservative.
Texas is leaning 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.
Sherman, Texas: 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 Sherman, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,389 contributions totaling $203,587 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,283 contributions totaling $683,459 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $299 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)