Sheridan Township, located in Calhoun County, Michigan is a small rural community that is home to an estimated 6,000 residents. The township is governed by a board of trustees and the position of supervisor who are all elected through local elections. Local political issues in Sheridan Township often include topics such as agricultural development and land preservation, as well as infrastructure improvements such as road repairs and upgrades to the water and sewer systems. Other issues that the local government addresses are planning and zoning regulations, public safety initiatives, tax rates for both residential and commercial properties, and support for green initiatives such as solar energy projects. Each election brings about candidates with different views on important issues that affect the community at large. Residents have the opportunity to vote for their desired candidates to ensure their voice is heard in the decision-making process for local governance.
The political climate in Sheridan township (Calhoun County), MI is somewhat conservative.
Calhoun County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Calhoun County, MI 43.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Calhoun county remained strongly Republican, 54.6% to 43.6%.
Calhoun county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sheridan township (Calhoun County), MI is somewhat conservative.
Calhoun County, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
Battle Creek Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
Michigan is leaning liberal.
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.
Sheridan township (Calhoun County), Michigan: d r d d 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 Sheridan township (Calhoun County), MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 505 contributions totaling $27,133 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 73 contributions totaling $12,459 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $171 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)