Sherman Township is located in Harrison County, Missouri and is one of the many small, rural communities found in the area. It contains a variety of farms, businesses, and other local establishments that serve the community. Political involvement in Sherman Township is relatively low but there are some local officials who have taken office and contributed to the growth and development of the area. For example, Jim Gannon currently serves as Commissioner of Sherman Township, having been elected to this position in 2017. He has served on various boards and committees within Sherman Township including being board director for the Grandview Fire Protection District since 2008. Additionally, Larry Williams has been the Sheriff of Harrison County since 2011 and works with both county-wide issues as well as local matters within Sherman Township. These two political figures are just a few examples of what local politics looks like in Sherman Township; they allow for better communication between citizens and local government by providing representation and a voice for their constituents.
The political climate in Sherman township (Harrison County), MO is strongly conservative.
Harrison County, MO is very conservative. In Harrison County, MO 15.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Harrison county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.6% to 15.6%.
Harrison county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sherman township (Harrison County), MO is strongly conservative.
Harrison County, Missouri is very conservative.
Missouri 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 (Harrison County), Missouri: 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 (Harrison County), MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 100 contributions totaling $2,256 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 52 contributions totaling $5,780 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)