Sherman Township (Sedgwick Cnty), KS, is a small rural community with a population of around 1,000. The local government consists of a Town Board made up of three elected officials who serve four-year terms, and a Clerk/Treasurer that is elected to serve two-year terms. Currently, the three Town Board members are: Mary Johnson, Mark Smith, and Dan Edwards. Mary Johnson has served as the chair of the board since her election in 2018. The Town Board meets regularly to discuss important matters relating to the township such as budgeting, zoning ordinances, regulations for development and other issues that affect the day-to-day life of Sherman Township’s citizens. The Clerk/Treasurer is responsible for maintaining records and managing finances for the township. In addition to these roles, the Sheriff’s Office provides law enforcement services for Sherman Township citizens. All of the local political candidates have dedicated their time to ensure that Sherman Township remains safe and prosperous.
The political climate in Sherman township (Sedgwick County), KS is moderately conservative.
Sedgwick County, KS is somewhat conservative. In Sedgwick County, KS 42.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sedgwick county remained strongly Republican, 54.4% to 42.6%.
Sedgwick county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sherman township (Sedgwick County), KS is moderately conservative.
Sedgwick County, Kansas is somewhat conservative.
Wichita Metro Area is moderately 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.
Sherman township (Sedgwick 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 Sherman township (Sedgwick County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17 contributions totaling $657 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 117 contributions totaling $44,806 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $383 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)