The small town of Prairie Island, NE is a quiet and peaceful community with a close-knit group of local residents. Although it doesn't have any large political candidates, the residents often take part in local town hall meetings to discuss matters that are important to them. The people of Prairie Island are passionate about their community and are always looking to make it better for everyone who lives there. They often work together to create initiatives that will improve the quality of life for all. One example would be an initiative to reduce crime rates or increase housing affordability. This sense of civic engagement creates a feeling of unity within the town and encourages progress through collective action.
The political climate in Prairie Island, NE is strongly 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 Island, NE is strongly 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 Island, 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 Island, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 326 contributions totaling $71,416 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $219 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 79 contributions totaling $9,245 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)