Chester, Nebraska is a small town located in Lancaster County. The town is home to 68327 residents who take pride in their rural lifestyle and enjoy the peace and quiet of small-town living. While the population of Chester, Nebraska may be limited, its people are not short on political engagement. Residents of Chester are passionate about their local politics and actively participate in elections to ensure that leaders and representatives are elected who share their values and ideals. Elections are always competitive as candidates representing a variety of beliefs strive for citizens’ votes. The people of Chester take a stand when it comes to issues they care about with an enthusiasm rarely seen in bigger cities. Political debates are often lively with issues surrounding economic development, education, healthcare, public safety, environmental conservation, social justice and beyond being hotly discussed by local candidates vying for office.
The political climate in Zip 68327 (Chester, NE) is very conservative.
Thayer County, NE is very conservative. In Thayer County, NE 20.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Thayer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.2% to 20.9%.
Thayer county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 68327 (Chester, NE) is very conservative.
Chester, Nebraska is very conservative.
Thayer 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.
Chester, 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 68327 (Chester)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)