Howard County, Nebraska is a small rural county located in the Midwest. The county seat is St. Paul and the population is estimated to be just over 5,000 people. Politically, Howard County is predominantly Republican with most of the local government positions being held by Republicans. There are a few local political candidates in the area, but they tend to focus on issues rather than partisan politics. This allows Howard County voters to make decisions based on their individual values and beliefs, without having to worry about party loyalty. Most residents here are supportive of initiatives that improve the quality of life in their community such as education or infrastructure improvement projects. As such, it is important for politicians in Howard County to work together collaboratively to ensure that all voices are heard and that everyone's concerns are addressed fairly and without bias.
The political climate in Howard County, NE is very conservative.
In Howard County, NE 18.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Howard county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.4% to 18.5%.
Howard county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Howard 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.
Howard, 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 Howard County, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 42 contributions totaling $4,187 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 42 contributions totaling $5,196 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)