Kearney, NE, located in the Central Plains of Nebraska, is home to the University of Nebraska-Kearney and has a population of around 32,000. The city is part of Buffalo County and is governed by a mayor-council system. Representing locals in government are Mayor James M. McCoy and City Council members Eddie Eastin, Joe A. Ewing, Kaley Gudgeon, Jeff Scheer, Steve Skolout, Toni Thiele and Douglass Wright. The community works together to build a strong sense of civic engagement and ensure that local needs are being met. All candidates strive to create an environment that is safe for their constituents while also providing resources for growth and progress. Kearney's politics focus on sustainability initiatives such as renewable energy projects and clean air initiatives. Additionally, there have been efforts to reduce crime rates through improved police presence and anti-crime campaigns throughout the city.
The political climate in Zip 68845 (Kearney, NE) is strongly conservative.
Buffalo County, NE is very conservative. In Buffalo County, NE 26.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Buffalo county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.2% to 26.8%.
Buffalo county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 68845 (Kearney, NE) is strongly conservative.
Kearney, Nebraska is strongly conservative.
Buffalo County, Nebraska is very conservative.
Kearney 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.
Kearney, 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 68845 (Kearney)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 291 contributions totaling $30,050 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 214 contributions totaling $61,202 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $286 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)