Nemaha County, located in the east-central part of Kansas, is known for its agricultural production and small town charm. The county has a population of just over 10,000 people according to the 2010 census. With such a small population, it is no surprise that Nemaha does not have many political candidates. The current County Commissioner is Gary Eichman and he was elected in 2020. There are several mayoral positions around the county but none of them have any major party affiliations and most of them are local people who run unopposed. Local politics in Nemaha center mostly on issues like property taxes and infrastructure improvements rather than divisive national topics. Overall, Nemaha County is a politically moderate area which values civic engagement and working together for the betterment of the community as a whole.
The political climate in Nemaha County, KS is very conservative.
In Nemaha County, KS 16.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Nemaha county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.1% to 16.3%.
Nemaha county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Nemaha County, KS is very conservative.
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Kansas is somewhat 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.
Nemaha, Kansas: 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 Nemaha County, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 103 contributions totaling $11,383 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 201 contributions totaling $107,698 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $536 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)