Clay County, Nebraska is a rural area with a wide variety of political views and affiliations. All registered voters in Clay County are encouraged to participate in the democratic process by voting in local, state, and national elections. The county is served by an elected Board of Supervisors who represent all citizens of Clay County and make decisions on issues ranging from zoning to public safety. Local candidates for office have included individuals from both major political parties as well as members of the Independent and Green parties. The county also has a thriving grassroots movement that works diligently to increase civic engagement among its residents. Through town hall meetings, community outreach events, and other activism efforts, the people of Clay County are working together to ensure their voices are heard at every level of government.
The political climate in Clay County, NE is very conservative.
In Clay County, NE 17.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clay county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.8% to 17.7%.
Clay county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Clay 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.
Clay, 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 Clay County, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 52 contributions totaling $1,612 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 190 contributions totaling $11,858 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)