McCook, NE is a small city in southwestern Nebraska. It has a rich history and culture, and is known for its friendly atmosphere. Politically, McCook has been represented by both Republicans and Democrats in the state legislature. Currently, politicians representing McCook include State Senator Tom Brewer of the Republican party, as well as State Representatives Steve Hilger and Mark Priester of the Democratic Party. Each politician works to bring awareness to local issues that affect their constituents and strives to make sure they have a voice in government. The local political climate is often divided along party lines but all elected officials remain focused on finding common ground to ensure that all citizens are taken into consideration when making decisions for McCook's future.
The political climate in McCook, NE is strongly conservative.
Red Willow County, NE is very conservative. In Red Willow County, NE 14.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Red Willow county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.7% to 14.8%.
Red Willow county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
McCook, NE is strongly conservative.
Red Willow 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.
McCook, 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 McCook, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 37 contributions totaling $582 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $16 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 88 contributions totaling $66,468 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $755 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)