Hayes Township (Kearney County), NE is a small rural community with a population of approximately 1200 people. It is governed by an elected Board of Trustees who are in charge of making decisions that benefit the community and its citizens. Local elections often involve topics such as land use, budgeting, infrastructure improvements, public safety, and other issues that affect residents’ lives. Candidates for local office bring their own values and beliefs to the table to help create the best decisions for the community as a whole. In Hayes Township, there are several candidates who offer different perspectives on critical topics which helps ensure that all voices are heard and represented in decision making. Residents of Hayes Township take pride in their ability to vote in local elections and make their voices heard in order to create better outcomes for their community.
The political climate in Hayes township (Kearney County), NE is strongly conservative.
Kearney County, NE is very conservative. In Kearney County, NE 19.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kearney county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.0% to 19.4%.
Kearney county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hayes township (Kearney County), NE is strongly conservative.
Kearney County, Nebraska is very conservative.
Kearney 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.
Hayes township (Kearney 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 Hayes township (Kearney County), NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 558 contributions totaling $32,266 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 133 contributions totaling $13,178 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)