Gage County, Nebraska has a rich history of political involvement. Politically, the county is represented by Senator Mike Hilgers and Representative Rob Houchin in the state legislature, ensuring that Gage County has a voice on the state level. Locally, Gage County is governed by the Board of Supervisors which consists of five members from across the county who are elected by the citizens. The Board meets every month to discuss issues facing their constituents and works to ensure that Gage County remains a prosperous community. Additionally, Gage County is home to several local political organizations and candidates who are working hard to advocate for better policies in their communities. These candidates and organizations work tirelessly to make sure the issues affecting Gage County are heard loudly and clearly in our state government.
The political climate in Gage County, NE is very conservative.
In Gage County, NE 30.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gage county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.0% to 30.4%.
Gage county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gage County, NE is very conservative.
Beatrice 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.
Gage, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Gage County, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 298 contributions totaling $21,406 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 215 contributions totaling $33,784 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $157 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)