Knox County, Nebraska is home to a diverse and vibrant political landscape. The voters in this area have many options when it comes to making their voices heard in the local government. On the national level, Knox County is represented by Congressman Jeff Fortenberry and Senator Deb Fischer. At the state level, the county is represented by Representative Tim Hildabrand and Senator Tom Brewer. Locally, Knox County has five city council members who are elected at large by residents of all five cities within the county. Additionally, there are three county commissioners who are elected from each of the three districts within Knox County. All of these officials work together to make sure that Knox County remains an attractive place to live for both its citizens and businesses alike.
The political climate in Knox County, NE is very conservative.
In Knox County, NE 19.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Knox county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.0% to 19.2%.
Knox county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Knox 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.
Knox, 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 Knox County, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 77 contributions totaling $33,852 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $440 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 121 contributions totaling $40,021 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $331 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)