Grant Township in Sherman County, Kansas is a small rural community, with a population of less than 500 people. This tight-knit community is governed by a Board of Trustees, who are elected by the residents and serve four year terms. The board is responsible for maintaining roads, administering zoning regulations, and other general functions of local government. Residents of Grant Township take great pride in their local representatives and ensure that their voices are heard when it comes to decisions that affect them. They also value the importance of working together to keep their township safe and prosperous.
The political climate in Grant township (Sherman County), KS is very conservative.
Sherman County, KS is very conservative. In Sherman County, KS 14.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sherman county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.2% to 14.5%.
Sherman county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Grant township (Sherman County), KS is very conservative.
Sherman County, Kansas is very conservative.
Kansas is somewhat 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.
Grant township (Sherman County), Kansas: 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 Grant township (Sherman County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 26 contributions totaling $1,490 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 85 contributions totaling $15,560 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $183 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)