Sherman Township, located in Washington County, Kansas is a small rural community with a population estimated to be approximately 300 people. The township has a rich history, and is home to many family-run farms that have served the area for generations. Politically, Sherman Township is strongly conservative and remains a Republican stronghold in state elections. While there are no local candidates running for office in the 2020 election cycle, all eyes are on the presidential race as the town looks to show their support for their preferred candidate. Many of the farmers and residents of Sherman Township tend to lean more towards traditional values and favor candidates whose platforms focus on policies that will help protect their way of life.
The political climate in Sherman township (Washington County), KS is strongly conservative.
Washington County, KS is very conservative. In Washington County, KS 16.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.0% to 16.5%.
Washington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sherman township (Washington County), KS is strongly conservative.
Washington 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.
Sherman township (Washington 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 (Washington County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 29 contributions totaling $6,662 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $230 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)