Wayne County, Nebraska is a rural county located in the northeastern part of the state. Its politics are as diverse as its population. While many of its citizens have strong affiliations with either the Republican or Democratic parties, there is also a large number of independent voters in the county who vote for whichever candidate they feel best represents their views. The county's local government is made up of elected representatives from each town and township in the county, and candidates from all political backgrounds often compete for those positions. In recent years, Wayne County has seen a surge in voter turnout due to increased interest in local issues such as tax reform and infrastructure investment. As campaigns heat up throughout the year, citizens of Wayne County can look forward to lively debates on important topics that will shape their future.
The political climate in Wayne County, NE is very conservative.
In Wayne County, NE 24.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wayne county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.4% to 24.2%.
Wayne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wayne 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.
Wayne, 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 Wayne County, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 140 contributions totaling $15,588 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 102 contributions totaling $13,287 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)