Gering, Nebraska is a small town located in the western part of the state with a population of just over 8,000 people. It is a politically active community that takes part in local and national elections. Gering is home to two congressional districts which are currently represented by Republicans Jeff Fortenberry and Adrian Smith in the U.S. House of Representatives. Locally, Gering has representatives on both the City Council and County Commission who serve as elected officials. The city also has a Mayor and Deputy Mayor who are responsible for leading the city government and representing its citizens at all levels of government. Civically minded residents of Gering can take part in local politics by attending council meetings, volunteering their time to support political candidates, or becoming involved with local organizations such as chambers of commerce.
The political climate in Gering, NE is moderately conservative.
Scotts Bluff County, NE is very conservative. In Scotts Bluff County, NE 27.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Scotts Bluff county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.5% to 27.0%.
Scotts Bluff county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gering, NE is moderately conservative.
Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska is very conservative.
Scottsbluff Metro Area 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.
Gering, 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 Gering, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $5,930 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $395 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 118 contributions totaling $11,843 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)