Sherman Township, located in Gladwin County, Michigan, is a small community with a population of over 1,700 people. The township is governed by a five-member board of trustees who are elected to two-year terms at-large by the citizens. The board works to provide services for residents including roads and bridges maintenance, public parks and recreation, zoning oversight and law enforcement assistance. In addition to the board's responsibilities, township residents have the opportunity to shape their community's future through local politics. Residents can get involved by attending town hall meetings or voting in elections for local political candidates that best represent their beliefs and values. Political participation helps ensure that Sherman Township remains an inviting place to live and work for its citizens.
The political climate in Sherman township (Gladwin County), MI is strongly conservative.
Gladwin County, MI is very conservative. In Gladwin County, MI 31.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gladwin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.7% to 31.0%.
Gladwin county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sherman township (Gladwin County), MI is strongly conservative.
Gladwin County, Michigan is very 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.
Sherman township (Gladwin County), Michigan: r r d 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 (Gladwin County), MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 156 contributions totaling $9,697 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 124 contributions totaling $14,753 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)