Stanton County in Nebraska is a small rural county with a population of around 10,000 people. The politics in Stanton County are mainly conservative and Republican candidates tend to do well in local elections. There is a strong focus on upholding traditional values and beliefs of residents, and local politicians strive to prioritize the needs of their constituents. The main issues addressed include education, job opportunities, healthcare, public safety, infrastructure improvements, and environmental protection. Various initiatives have been launched over the years to help improve these areas and many have seen success. Overall, political discourse is largely civil among most elected officials with the goal of improving quality of life for all residents.
The political climate in Stanton County, NE is very conservative.
In Stanton County, NE 16.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Stanton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.9% to 16.8%.
Stanton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Stanton 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.
Stanton, 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 Stanton County, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $750 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 33 contributions totaling $8,681 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $263 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)