Cheyenne County, Nebraska is a part of the larger South East region of the state and is largely rural. The county has a Board of Supervisors to oversee the governance of the area. The five members of the Board are elected from single-member districts throughout the county. They work to ensure that all citizens have access to basic services such as roads, health care, education, and public safety. In addition, they also handle other local matters such as zoning and land use issues. Other local politicians in Cheyenne include representatives for the State Legislature and Congress who are elected to serve two-year terms. These offices provide important policy decisions for state and federal programs that affect all Nebraskans. Additionally, Cheyenne County also has a Sheriff's Office responsible for law enforcement throughout the region and keeping residents safe from crime.
The political climate in Cheyenne County, NE is very conservative.
In Cheyenne County, NE 17.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cheyenne county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.8% to 17.9%.
Cheyenne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cheyenne 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.
Cheyenne, 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 Cheyenne County, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 51 contributions totaling $3,806 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 75 contributions totaling $9,970 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $133 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)