Phelps County is a small rural county located in Nebraska. Despite its small size and population, the county is home to a vibrant and active political climate. Local elections are held for various positions such as sheriff, treasurer, assessor, and commissioner. These positions are all filled by local residents who take pride in making decisions for their community. Additionally, Phelps County supports many state-level candidates running for office at the state capitol. The local citizens of Phelps County are passionate about their political involvement and make sure to get out and vote on election day. They understand that their voice matters and that voting is essential to making sure their needs are met by their elected officials.
The political climate in Phelps County, NE is very conservative.
In Phelps County, NE 15.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Phelps county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.8% to 15.0%.
Phelps county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Phelps 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.
Phelps, 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 Phelps County, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 211 contributions totaling $8,428 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 150 contributions totaling $34,271 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $228 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)