Sherman Township (Leavenworth County) in Kansas is a small rural community with a population of approximately 600 people. The township has its own local government with a three-member board of county commissioners who are elected by the people, and the board supervises the township's day-to-day affairs. The township also has its own sheriff, fire department, and zoning laws to ensure that the community remains safe and successful. In addition, Sherman Township is part of Leavenworth County’s broader political system which includes representatives on both state and federal levels. Although there are currently no local candidates running for office in Sherman Township, voters in their district have a chance to support their chosen candidates in elections at the county level or higher.
The political climate in Sherman township (Leavenworth County), KS is strongly conservative.
Leavenworth County, KS is moderately conservative. In Leavenworth County, KS 38.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Leavenworth county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.2% to 38.1%.
Leavenworth county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sherman township (Leavenworth County), KS is strongly conservative.
Leavenworth County, Kansas is moderately conservative.
Kansas City Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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 (Leavenworth 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 (Leavenworth County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 421 contributions totaling $24,383 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 165 contributions totaling $38,516 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $233 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)