Politics in 68031 Hooper, NE are generally conservative. The current mayor is Jason Price, who was elected in 2015 and has served three consecutive terms. The city council is composed of six members elected at-large from the population. They are responsible for making decisions about municipal budgets, public safety, infrastructure, parks and recreation programs, and more. On a state level, Representative Jeff Fortenberry represents Hooper in the Nebraska Legislature. He has held his seat since 2005 and focuses on agriculture policy as well as national defense and veterans’ issues. Senator Ben Sasse also represents Hooper on the federal level. He was elected to the U.S Senate in 2014 and works on issues related to healthcare reform, taxes, foreign policy, and regulatory reform.
The political climate in Zip 68031 (Hooper, NE) is strongly conservative.
Dodge County, NE is very conservative. In Dodge County, NE 32.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dodge county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.8% to 32.7%.
Dodge county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 68031 (Hooper, NE) is strongly conservative.
Hooper, Nebraska is strongly conservative.
Dodge County, Nebraska is very conservative.
Fremont 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.
Hooper, 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 68031 (Hooper)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 25 contributions totaling $1,159 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 45 contributions totaling $5,473 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $122 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)