Paddock Township is located in Gage County, Nebraska. The township includes the village of Paddock, which is the county seat of Gage County. Paddock Township is a political subdivision of the county and is governed by a three-member township board. The township board is responsible for the management and operation of the township. The township has a population of 1,000 people.
The political climate in Paddock 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
Paddock 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.
Paddock 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 Paddock township (Gage County), NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 90 contributions totaling $10,073 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $730 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)