Perkins, NE County is a vibrant and diverse community with a long history of civic engagement. The county has a strong tradition of local politics, with citizens regularly electing representatives to the county commission and school board. Every election cycle sees an influx of candidates vying for these positions, many of whom are residents that have been involved in local government for years. Community members take their responsibility to vote seriously, and they are well-informed about the issues facing Perkins County and the candidates running for office. In addition to elections, citizens regularly participate in town hall meetings, rallies, forums, and other events to further engage in local politics. Overall, Perkins County is an active example of democracy in action.
The political climate in Perkins County, NE is very conservative.
In Perkins County, NE 12.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Perkins county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.5% to 12.9%.
Perkins county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Perkins 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.
Perkins, 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 Perkins County, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 64 contributions totaling $3,469 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 52 contributions totaling $6,893 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $133 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)