Sherman, NY, located in the western region of New York State, is known for its strong sense of community and rural roots. The town's local politics are represented by a Town Supervisor and four Town Council members. With a small population of 1,300 people, Sherman makes up one of the many small towns in the Chautauqua County area. Public input is encouraged and residents often have an active role in the decision making process when it comes to local government matters. As a largely conservative-minded area, Sherman mainly leans towards Republican candidates when it comes to voting on state and national elections. Residents take pride in being active members of their local community and always have an eye out for what is best for them and their town.
The political climate in Zip 14781 (Sherman, NY) is moderately conservative.
Chautauqua County, NY is moderately conservative. In Chautauqua County, NY 38.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chautauqua county remained very strongly Republican, 58.8% to 38.9%.
Chautauqua county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 14781 (Sherman, NY) is moderately conservative.
Sherman, New York is moderately conservative.
Chautauqua County, New York is moderately conservative.
Jamestown-Dunkirk-Fredonia Metro Area is moderately conservative.
New York is moderately 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, New York: 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 zip 14781 (Sherman)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $81 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $8 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $400 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)