Union Township is a rural area of Knox County, Nebraska. It is governed by a three-member board of elected local officials who serve staggered four-year terms. The current board is comprised of Chairperson Harlan Sorensen, Treasurer John Lincoln and Clerk Pauline King, all of whom were elected in 2018. Union Township residents are passionate about their local politics and strive to be involved in town meetings and decisions as much as possible. The board meets regularly to discuss and attend to the important matters that affect the community such as zoning regulations, infrastructure maintenance, public safety, and development projects. They truly care about the well-being of their constituents and are always open to feedback on how they can better serve the needs of the township.
The political climate in Union township (Knox County), NE is strongly conservative.
Knox County, NE is very conservative. In Knox County, NE 19.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Knox county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.0% to 19.2%.
Knox county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Union township (Knox County), NE is strongly conservative.
Knox 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.
Union township (Knox 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 Union township (Knox County), NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $30,677 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $3,068 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $29,350 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,096 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)