Pierce County, NE Voting


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Pierce County, Nebraska is a moderate-sized county of approximately 10,000 people located in the northeast corner of the state. It is mostly rural, with many farms and small towns spread out along its borders. Politically, Pierce County leans conservative, but it has had a mix of Democratic and Republican leaders who have represented the area over the years. Currently, there are two representatives in the Nebraska Legislature from Pierce County - Senator Brad Ashford and Representative Karla Rose Hanson - who both serve as independent voices for their constituents. Both representatives advocate for issues important to their constituents such as strengthening public education in the region, expanding access to healthcare services for all Pierce County residents, and providing tax relief for farmers and small businesses. Additionally, they work together to ensure that state funding is allocated appropriately to support services like roads, public safety, and other important infrastructure needs in their district.

The political climate in Pierce County, NE is very conservative.

In Pierce County, NE 12.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.

In the last Presidential election, Pierce county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.3% to 12.0%.
Pierce county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.


The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index

Pierce County, NE is very conservative.


Norfolk Metro Area is very conservative.

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.

Pierce, 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 Pierce County, NE

In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 411 contributions totaling $48,796 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.

In the last 4 years, there were 141 contributions totaling $24,429 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $173 per contribution.

(source: Federal Election Commission)

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