Sheridan Township, located in Holt County, Nebraska, is a small rural area with a population of around 1,000 people. While the township does not have any local political candidates, politics are still very present within the community. Local government decisions influence how Sheridan Township moves forward as a whole and directly impact the residents’ quality of life. Most recently, the Board of Supervisors has discussed issues such as infrastructure development and new zoning regulations. These discussions are often heated and debated amongst members of the community before reaching an agreement. The residents of Sheridan Township take great pride in their community involvement with local politics and cherish their right to voice their opinions on important decisions that will shape their future.
The political climate in Sheridan township (Holt County), NE is strongly conservative.
Holt County, NE is very conservative. In Holt County, NE 12.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Holt county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.9% to 12.4%.
Holt county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sheridan township (Holt County), NE is strongly conservative.
Holt County, Nebraska is very conservative.
Nebraska is moderately 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.
Sheridan township (Holt County), Nebraska: 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 Sheridan township (Holt County), NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $100 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $13 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 150 contributions totaling $17,992 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)