Minden, Nebraska is a small city located in Kearney County and is home to just over 3,000 people. Despite its size, Minden has an active and engaged political climate. Local elections are routinely contested by multiple candidates who have competing visions for the future of the city. Debates are held to allow citizens to become more informed about the issues facing their community. Voter turnout is typically high, as residents exercise their civic duty and take an active role in shaping their local government. The city council is comprised of representatives from all different backgrounds who work together to ensure that Minden's laws and ordinances reflect the needs and interests of its citizens.
The political climate in Minden, 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
Minden, 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.
Minden, 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 Minden, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 836 contributions totaling $48,404 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 198 contributions totaling $19,017 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)