Chase County, NE is a small rural community with a population of about 4,000 people located in the Midwestern United States. The county is politically divided, with many residents having strong opinions on local and national issues. Despite being such a small area, Chase County has an active political scene with local government meetings held regularly to discuss current events and legislation. In addition to local government meetings, there are several candidates running for office each election cycle. Local political candidates typically represent the interests of the people of Chase County by focusing on topics like infrastructure improvements, economic development, and education reform. People in Chase County are active participants in the political process and show up to vote in large numbers during every election.
The political climate in Chase County, NE is very conservative.
In Chase County, NE 11.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 87.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chase county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 87.0% to 11.3%.
Chase county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Chase 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.
Chase, 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 Chase County, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 29 contributions totaling $3,589 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 66 contributions totaling $7,240 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)