Sheridan, KS County is located within the state of Kansas and is governed by a Board of County Commissioners. The Board consists of three members who are elected to serve four-year terms. Currently, Jim Littrell, Robert Eakins, and Roger Bartels are serving on the Board. Each Commissioner is responsible for representing their constituents in making decisions that affect the county鈥檚 infrastructure and services. The county has a variety of committees which oversee issues such as health care, public safety, economic development, education, and transportation. Residents also have the opportunity to voice their opinions through a series of public hearings held each month. There are several local political candidates running for office in Sheridan County that residents can support or oppose based on their beliefs and values.
The political climate in Sheridan County, KS is very conservative.
In Sheridan County, KS 10.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 88.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sheridan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 88.7% to 10.2%.
Sheridan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sheridan County, KS is very conservative.
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Kansas is somewhat 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, Kansas: 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 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 Sheridan County, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 32 contributions totaling $2,250 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 181 contributions totaling $65,070 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $360 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)