Sherman Township is a township located in Mason County, Michigan. Politically, the township has a variety of representation within its borders. The county board of commissioners consists of four representatives from the townships within Mason County, including one from Sherman Township. Each election year, new candidates are chosen to represent the citizens of the township in local government. Current issues facing Sherman Township include infrastructure projects, environmental concerns and economic development initiatives. Residents can take part in the political process by attending town hall meetings and voting in elections for their preferred candidates. Through an active engagement with local government and participation in elections, residents of Sherman Township can shape the politics that effect their daily lives.
The political climate in Sherman township (Mason County), MI is moderately conservative.
Mason County, MI is moderately conservative. In Mason County, MI 39.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mason county remained very strongly Republican, 59.1% to 39.4%.
Mason county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sherman township (Mason County), MI is moderately conservative.
Mason County, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Ludington Metro Area is moderately 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 (Mason 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 (Mason County), MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 774 contributions totaling $21,046 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36 contributions totaling $3,599 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)