Hayes Center, Nebraska is a small rural town located in Southwestern Nebraska. While Hayes Center is not well known outside of the region, it is home to a vibrant political scene. Residents of Hayes Center take pride in their community and actively participate in local politics. Elections for various offices, such as mayor and city council members, are held every two years with several local candidates running for office each time. Although the town does not have many big name politicians on the ballot, all of the local residents come together to ensure that the best candidate is elected to represent Hayes Center.
The political climate in Hayes Center, NE is strongly conservative.
Hayes County, NE is very conservative. In Hayes County, NE 6.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 92.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hayes county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 92.2% to 6.3%.
Hayes county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hayes Center, NE is strongly conservative.
Hayes 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.
Hayes Center, 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 Hayes Center, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $797 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $133 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)