Boone County, Nebraska is a small rural community in the Midwest with a close-knit population of just over 2,000 people. In its local politics, Boone County elects county commissioners, county court judges, district court judges and other positions that serve the citizens of the area. The county is served by various committees such as planning boards, zoning boards and conservation districts that oversee issues in their respective areas. All these offices are non-partisan and elected every four years during the general election cycle. While there are no current candidates running for office in Boone County this year, local elections take place on an ongoing basis to ensure that each citizen performs their civic duty and is well represented in the political process.
The political climate in Boone County, NE is very conservative.
In Boone County, NE 15.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Boone county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.2% to 15.5%.
Boone county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Boone 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.
Boone, 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 Boone County, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 82 contributions totaling $4,183 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 99 contributions totaling $11,506 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)