West Blue Township is located in Adams County, Nebraska, and has a strong sense of political involvement among its residents. The township is run by a Board of Trustees that consists of five members who are elected by the public every two years. Additionally, West Blue Township holds regular elections for local bond issues and referendum proposals to help keep the community running smoothly. Politically, the majority of residents are conservative but there are some people who hold more progressive views. West Blue Township also participates in national elections, with most voters preferring Republican candidates over Democratic ones. However, many residents in the township appreciate dialogue between both sides and will vote depending on the candidate’s stance on certain issues. Overall, politics in West Blue Township is an active part of life and citizens take their civic duty to vote seriously.
The political climate in West Blue township (Adams County), NE is strongly conservative.
Adams County, NE is very conservative. In Adams County, NE 28.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Adams county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.8% to 28.8%.
Adams county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
West Blue township (Adams County), NE is strongly conservative.
Adams County, Nebraska is very conservative.
Hastings 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.
West Blue township (Adams 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 West Blue township (Adams County), NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,081 contributions totaling $32,705 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 300 contributions totaling $35,493 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)