The small town of Sherman Township in St. Joseph County, Michigan is a close-knit community with a population of approximately 2,000 people. The township is led by an elected board of three trustees who are responsible for the day-to-day affairs of the township and its citizens. Each year residents of Sherman Township cast their votes for the local political candidates who they believe will best represent them and their interests. This year, residents have two excellent candidates to choose from: Jim Smith and Mary Jones. Both candidates have strong backgrounds in local government and understand the needs of the people living in the area. Residents should take some time to get to know each candidate before casting their vote to ensure they are making the best choice for themselves and their community.
The political climate in Sherman township (St. Joseph County), MI is strongly conservative.
St. Joseph County, MI is strongly conservative. In St. Joseph County, MI 33.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Joseph county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.8% to 33.1%.
St. Joseph county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sherman township (St. Joseph County), MI is strongly conservative.
St. Joseph County, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Sturgis Metro Area is strongly 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 (St. Joseph County), Michigan: 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 (St. Joseph County), MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 286 contributions totaling $18,713 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 146 contributions totaling $25,375 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $174 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)