Holdrege, Nebraska is a small city located in Phelps County. While Holdrege is home to many local businesses and attractions, it also has a significant political presence. The City of Holdrege operates under the guidance of the Mayor and City Council, who are elected by the people of Holdrege every four years. The City Council consists of seven members, with the Mayor acting as a voting member on all decisions made by the council. Additionally, Phelps County holds elections every two years for county commissioners to represent its interests at the state level. While there are no current candidates running for either local or county offices in Holdrege, their importance in providing representation for residents should not be underestimated.
The political climate in Holdrege, NE is strongly conservative.
Phelps County, NE is very conservative. In Phelps County, NE 15.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Phelps county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.8% to 15.0%.
Phelps county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Holdrege, NE is strongly conservative.
Phelps 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.
Holdrege, 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 Holdrege, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 184 contributions totaling $7,103 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 130 contributions totaling $32,751 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $252 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)