Hooker County in Nebraska is a small rural county with a population of just over 4,000 people. The county is governed by a board of supervisors that are elected every four years from each of the four precincts in the county. The local government works to ensure that the citizens of Hooker County have high quality services and adequate infrastructure. Policies are created and implemented to promote economic development, protect natural resources, enhance educational opportunities, and develop housing options. Local political candidates in Hooker County focus on these key areas when campaigning for office. They strive to create an environment where all citizens can thrive and ensure that Hooker County is a safe place to live, work, and raise families.
The political climate in Hooker County, NE is very conservative.
In Hooker County, NE 13.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hooker county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.1% to 13.3%.
Hooker county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hooker 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.
Hooker, 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 Hooker County, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $725 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $1,951 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $244 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)