Valley Township in Knox County, Nebraska is a small rural community that is governed by local officials. The local politics in the township center around the town board and various committees that work together to make decisions that affect the townspeople. Each election cycle brings with it a new set of candidates vying for positions on these boards and committees. These candidates must have a strong command of the issues and be able to articulate their ideas in order to gain support among voters and secure their seats. Local residents take part in voting in each election as they look for committed leaders who will work hard to ensure Valley Township continues to be an ideal place to live, play, and work.
The political climate in Valley 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
Valley 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.
Valley 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 Valley township (Knox County), NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 38 contributions totaling $430 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $11 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 32 contributions totaling $1,416 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)