Sheridan Township in Clay County, Nebraska is a small rural community with a population of just over 600 people. The local politics are largely determined by the Sheridan Township Board, which is made up of five elected members and a board chairperson who oversee the township's fiscal budget and other policies. These board members are elected by the residents every two years in the November elections. In addition to the Sheridan Township Board, there are several other important organizations in Sheridan Township that influence local politics. These include volunteer fire departments, service organizations like Lions Club and Rotary, and other civic groups like the Business Association and Chamber of Commerce. All of these organizations work together to ensure that Sheridan Township remains a safe and prosperous place to live for its residents.
The political climate in Sheridan township (Clay County), NE is strongly conservative.
Clay County, NE is very conservative. In Clay County, NE 17.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clay county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.8% to 17.7%.
Clay county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sheridan township (Clay County), NE is strongly conservative.
Clay 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 (Clay 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 (Clay County), NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 50 contributions totaling $1,574 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 164 contributions totaling $9,671 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)