Sherman Township, located in Antelope County, Nebraska, is a small rural community with a population of around 1,400 people. As an unincorporated area, the township does not have any local government and is instead governed by the county’s Board of Supervisors. Each year residents of Sherman Township are able to participate in county elections by voting for county officials such as the sheriff or officials on the public works board. In addition to these county-wide offices, residents can also vote for state representatives such as senators or representatives from Antelope County. The politics in this small community tend to be fairly conservative in nature and centered around issues that affect the local community such as school funding or agricultural regulations.
The political climate in Sherman township (Antelope County), NE is strongly conservative.
Antelope County, NE is very conservative. In Antelope County, NE 12.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Antelope county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.2% to 12.6%.
Antelope county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sherman township (Antelope County), NE is strongly conservative.
Antelope 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.
Sherman township (Antelope 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 Sherman township (Antelope County), NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $560 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)