Scotts Bluff County is located in the western region of Nebraska. Its government is composed of five commissioners and a county clerk. Scotts Bluff County is known for its incredibly diverse political landscape, with candidates from both major parties as well as independents running for offices at state and local levels. The county has consistently voted for candidates from both major parties across elections, indicating a relatively equal level of support for each party's ideals and platforms. As a result, the citizens of Scotts Bluff County are often able to find representation that aligns with their values regardless of their political affiliation. Additionally, the county has an active voter turnout rate, with citizens regularly casting ballots in local and statewide elections. This level of civic engagement makes it a great place to be politically active.
The political climate in Scotts Bluff County, NE is very conservative.
In Scotts Bluff County, NE 27.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Scotts Bluff county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.5% to 27.0%.
Scotts Bluff county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Scotts Bluff County, NE is very conservative.
Scottsbluff 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.
Scotts Bluff, 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 Scotts Bluff County, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 846 contributions totaling $61,518 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 309 contributions totaling $59,562 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $193 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)