Cedar, NE County is a small rural county with a population of just over 10,000 people. The county is governed by an elected Board of County Commissioners, who are responsible for overseeing the financial and administrative decisions that affect the county. Elections for these positions take place every two years, when local candidates campaign to gain the support of the residents. While the political atmosphere in Cedar, NE County tends to be fairly conservative, there are plenty of candidates from various political parties who are eager to represent their constituents. These local politicians work hard to ensure that their voices are heard within county government and that their ideas are taken into account when making decisions that affect Cedar County's future.
The political climate in Cedar County, NE is very conservative.
In Cedar County, NE 14.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cedar county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.2% to 14.5%.
Cedar county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cedar County, NE is very conservative.
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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.
Cedar, 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 Cedar County, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $590 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 58 contributions totaling $7,405 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $128 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)