Hamilton, NE County is a small rural community in the state of Nebraska with a population of around 8,000 people. It is governed by a local board of supervisors and other officials that help run the county's day-to-day operations. The primary issues facing the county are economic development, infrastructure maintenance, education, and social services. As such, there are several candidates running for office that are focused on these issues. These include a variety of Democrats and Republicans whose platforms focus on developing new businesses in the area, investing in quality infrastructure projects to ensure access to resources across the county, providing better educational opportunities to citizens of all ages, and creating programs to help those in need. Each candidate is hoping to garner enough public support to earn a seat in office and make positive changes for Hamilton County’s residents.
The political climate in Hamilton County, NE is very conservative.
In Hamilton County, NE 20.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hamilton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.4% to 20.1%.
Hamilton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hamilton County, NE is very conservative.
Grand Island 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.
Hamilton, 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 Hamilton County, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 102 contributions totaling $12,556 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 214 contributions totaling $58,301 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $272 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)