Hooker Township (Gage Cnty), NE is a small rural community with a population of about 500 people. The township is governed by three elected officials, the supervisor, clerk and trustee. Each member of the town board has a four-year term of office. The local political candidates are usually well known in the community and elections are held during summer months. There are no major political parties in Hooker Township and candidates generally run on their own merits based upon the issues that matter most to residents in the community. Issues that typically arise for debate include zoning changes, taxes, infrastructure projects and services provided by local governments. Residents take pride in having their voices heard through voting in elections to ensure that the town is run efficiently and effectively for the benefit of all citizens.
The political climate in Hooker township (Gage County), NE is very conservative.
Gage County, NE is very conservative. In Gage County, NE 30.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gage county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.0% to 30.4%.
Gage county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hooker township (Gage County), NE is very conservative.
Gage County, Nebraska is very conservative.
Beatrice 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.
Hooker township (Gage 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 Hooker township (Gage County), NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 24 contributions totaling $2,445 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 30 contributions totaling $6,537 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $218 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)