Wheeler, NE County is a small community located in the eastern part of Nebraska. While it has a relatively small population, it takes great pride in its local politics. The county is governed by members of the Board of Commissioners who are elected every two years by citizens of the county. They are responsible for setting policy, making decisions on budgeting and taxation, managing infrastructure projects and more. Wheeler County also has several state representatives that are elected to represent the interests of their constituents in legislative sessions. In addition, the county also has a number of organizations and clubs dedicated to promoting civic engagement among residents. These include a local chapter of the League of Women Voters which helps to inform voters about upcoming elections and other political issues in the area. Civic engagement is something that Wheeler County takes very seriously and their commitment to keeping citizens informed on politics is admirable.
The political climate in Wheeler County, NE is very conservative.
In Wheeler County, NE 11.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 87.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wheeler county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 87.1% to 11.7%.
Wheeler county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wheeler 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.
Wheeler, 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 Wheeler County, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $100 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $1,560 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $173 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)