Thayer County, Nebraska is located in the southeast corner of the state and has a population of around 7,000. The county seat is Hebron and the local government is managed by a three-member Board of Supervisors. There are four school districts within Thayer County: Deshler, Giltner, Hampton, and Hebron Provident Schools. Local politics in Thayer County have traditionally been focused on providing quality public services to its residents. Issues such as road maintenance, economic development initiatives, support for schools and local businesses, and tax policy are all important topics in local elections. In recent years, candidates from both major parties have sought to represent the people of Thayer County in various offices from county supervisor to state senator. These candidates have worked hard to ensure that Thayer County continues to be a great place to live and work.
The political climate in Thayer County, NE is very conservative.
In Thayer County, NE 20.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Thayer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.2% to 20.9%.
Thayer county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Thayer 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.
Thayer, 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 Thayer County, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 105 contributions totaling $4,027 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 99 contributions totaling $11,359 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)