The Grand Island, NE Metro Area is an active and engaging political environment. It is the home of several elected officials at the city, county, and state levels who are committed to serving their constituents and working towards a better future for the region. At both local and statewide levels, citizens of Grand Island have a variety of candidates to choose from when it comes to selecting representatives. Several local organizations focus on political action in the area, such as voter registration drives and other initiatives that help increase civic engagement. Additionally, many individuals take part in grassroots campaigns and volunteer work to make a difference in their communities. In the end, these efforts all combine to ensure that Grand Island remains an active political landscape with engaged citizens who understand their rights and responsibilities as citizens.
The political climate in Grand Island Metro Area is very conservative.
In Grand Island Metro Area 27.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Grand Island metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.7% to 27.9%.
The Grand Island metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Grand Island 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.
Grand Island, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Grand Island Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,488 contributions totaling $174,944 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 859 contributions totaling $201,425 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $234 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)