Thayer, Nebraska is a small rural community located in the southwestern part of the state. Despite its small size, Thayer has a vibrant political culture with many candidates running for positions at the local level. In recent years, several city council members have been elected to serve on the Thayer City Council and there are always campaigns for mayor. The residents of Thayer take politics seriously and there is much enthusiasm when it comes to participating in civic duty at the local level. There are also ongoing debates about pertinent issues such as taxes and economic development that help shape the future of this small town. With a strong sense of civic responsibility and dedication to making their community a better place, it's easy to understand why Thayer has become an attractive place to live.
The political climate in Thayer, NE is very conservative.
York County, NE is very conservative. In York County, NE 22.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, York county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.5% to 22.8%.
York county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Thayer, NE is very conservative.
York 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.
Thayer, 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 Thayer, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21 contributions totaling $638 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)