Prairie Creek township is located in Merrick County, Nebraska and is an area that prides itself on its rural charm. The residents of Prairie Creek are served by a local board of supervisors who are elected to make decisions about the town’s infrastructure and services. The board oversees a variety of public works projects, including road maintenance, water and sewer systems, garbage collection, and street lighting. The members of the board also act as liaisons with the county government concerning emergency services and planning initiatives throughout Prairie Creek Township. During election years, local political candidates actively campaign for positions on the board of supervisors in order to serve their constituents.
The political climate in Prairie Creek township (Merrick County), NE is very conservative.
Merrick County, NE is very conservative. In Merrick County, NE 17.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Merrick county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.8% to 17.4%.
Merrick county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Prairie Creek township (Merrick County), NE is very conservative.
Merrick County, Nebraska is very conservative.
Grand Island 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.
Prairie Creek township (Merrick 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 Prairie Creek township (Merrick County), NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,010 contributions totaling $115,041 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 338 contributions totaling $85,771 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $254 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)