Custer Township is located in Custer County in the state of Nebraska. The township is governed by an elected board of trustees, which serve as the legislative body responsible for setting policy and making decisions on behalf of the township. Residents of the township vote in local elections to choose the representatives that will make up their Board of Trustees. These representatives set policies on a variety of issues, ranging from property taxes to public safety and community development. The Board also appoints a number of other positions, such as a Treasurer and Clerk, who are responsible for managing day-to-day affairs within the township. In Custer Township, residents have access to important community programs and services that allow them to participate in their local government. Local politicians strive to ensure that residents have access to resources that allow them to reach their full potentials.
The political climate in Custer township (Custer County), NE is strongly conservative.
Custer County, NE is very conservative. In Custer County, NE 13.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Custer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.7% to 13.1%.
Custer county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Custer township (Custer County), NE is strongly conservative.
Custer 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.
Custer township (Custer County), 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 Custer township (Custer County), NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 50 contributions totaling $6,486 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 85 contributions totaling $21,686 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $255 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)