Sherman Township in Brookings County, South Dakota is a small rural community with a population of about 1,500. The area is governed by a three-member Board of Supervisors and serves the local agricultural and service industry. The township holds regular elections for its elected officials who represent the interests of their constituents. Local candidates on the ballot typically focus on issues that impact their immediate community, such as keeping taxes low, improving roads and infrastructure, and protecting property rights. Residents of Sherman Township generally take a keen interest in local politics as they strive to maintain the small town values that are an integral part of their community's identity.
The political climate in Sherman township (Brookings County), SD is moderately conservative.
Brookings County, SD is somewhat conservative. In Brookings County, SD 41.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brookings county remained strongly Republican, 54.9% to 41.9%.
Brookings county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sherman township (Brookings County), SD is moderately conservative.
Brookings County, South Dakota is somewhat conservative.
Brookings Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
South Dakota is strongly 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 (Brookings County), South Dakota: 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 (Brookings County), SD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 55 contributions totaling $1,384 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 41 contributions totaling $4,385 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)