Sherman Township (Riley County), KS is a rural community located in the north-central region of the state. It is home to diverse demographics, but is overall an area with high political engagement. The county’s local government mostly consists of elected officials within the Republican Party. This includes members of Riley County Commission, who are responsible for regulating and managing fiscal resources and providing basic services such as road maintenance, public safety, recreation, etc. Additionally, residents have access to various representatives on both state and federal levels whom they can contact for legislation changes or other needs. In recent years, Sherman Township has seen many new improvements in terms of infrastructure and public services due to increased advocacy by local politicians and citizens alike. As a result, the township continues to be a great place to live for its residents with strong support from both parties at all levels of government.
The political climate in Sherman township (Riley County), KS is somewhat conservative.
Riley County, KS is leaning liberal. In Riley County, KS 50.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Riley county flipped Democratic, 50.7% to 46.1%.
Riley county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sherman township (Riley County), KS is somewhat conservative.
Riley County, Kansas is leaning liberal.
Manhattan Metro Area is leaning 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 (Riley County), Kansas: R R r R r 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 township (Riley County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 760 contributions totaling $86,495 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 440 contributions totaling $98,734 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $224 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)