Nemaha is a small rural town located in northeast Kansas. It has a long history of civic engagement and strong local politics. A number of local organizations, such as the Nemaha County Republican Party and the Nemaha County Democratic Association, actively participate in local politics. The small size of the county makes it easy for citizens to get involved in local politics by attending meetings or volunteering for campaigns to support candidates they believe in. Candidates who run for office must be focused on making decisions that positively impact their constituents and the community as a whole. In recent years, Nemaha has seen an increase in political participation and civic engagement among residents, resulting in more informed voters making better decisions at the ballot box.
The political climate in Nemaha, KS is very conservative.
Nemaha County, KS is very conservative. In Nemaha County, KS 16.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Nemaha county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.1% to 16.3%.
Nemaha county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Nemaha, KS is very conservative.
Nemaha County, Kansas is very conservative.
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.
Nemaha, 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 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 Nemaha, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 59 contributions totaling $3,098 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 59 contributions totaling $13,924 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $236 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)