The small town of 69347 Hay Springs, Nebraska is situated between the Sandhills and Pine Ridge. It is a close-knit community with a population of about 600 people. Despite its small size, politics are still an important part of life in Hay Springs. The local government consists of an elected Mayor and Board of Trustees who work together to ensure that the needs of the community are met. Every two years, residents come together to vote for their mayor and board members who will continue to make decisions on behalf of the town. In addition, Hay Springs also has representatives at the state level as well as a congressional representative in Washington D.C. Issues such as infrastructure improvements, taxes, public schools, and water rights remain important topics to the citizens of Hay Springs who take active roles in making sure their voices are heard by those in power.
The political climate in Zip 69347 (Hay Springs, NE) is very conservative.
Sheridan County, NE is very conservative. In Sheridan County, NE 12.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sheridan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.4% to 12.7%.
Sheridan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 69347 (Hay Springs, NE) is very conservative.
Hay Springs, Nebraska is very conservative.
Sheridan County, Nebraska 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.
Hay Springs, 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 zip 69347 (Hay Springs)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 22 contributions totaling $1,060 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $4,030 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $224 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)