Sherman, CT is a small town in Fairfield County with a population of around 3,000 people. The town is governed by a Board of Selectmen and has a Town Meeting form of government. The Town Meeting consists of citizens from the town who meet to discuss local issues and make decisions concerning the budget, as well as other important matters such as zoning and development projects. In Sherman, all registered voters can participate in the Town Meeting and have their voices heard. Local elections are held every two years to elect the members of the Board of Selectmen, including a First Selectman who serves as the head of the board. Elections also determine which party will control the board for any given election cycle. Residents can also get involved in politics at the state and national levels by voting for their preferred candidates or attending rallies hosted by local politicians.
The political climate in Sherman, CT is somewhat liberal.
Fairfield County, CT is strongly liberal. In Fairfield County, CT 62.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 35.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fairfield county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 62.9% to 35.7%.
Fairfield county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sherman, CT is somewhat liberal.
Fairfield County, Connecticut is strongly liberal.
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk Metro Area is strongly liberal.
Connecticut is moderately liberal.
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, Connecticut: d d D D D D
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, CT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,421 contributions totaling $289,135 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 372 contributions totaling $56,156 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $151 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)