Alexandria, Nebraska is a small town located in Thayer County. It has an estimated population of just over 500 people and is considered a rural community. The local politics of Alexandria are overseen by the Board of Trustees and the Mayor who preside over the town's government. In addition, there are three City Council members that represent the citizens in deciding how to use local funds and resources. Each year a new mayor and city council member are elected through popular vote with all registered voters eligible to cast their ballot at the polling station. The current mayor and city council members have been in office since 2019, when they were chosen in a general election. All elections involve great debate on issues such as taxation, infrastructure improvements, public safety, and economic development initiatives that affect all residents of Alexandria. Regardless of political affiliation or beliefs, residents come together to ensure healthy discussion and democratic representation for their town.
The political climate in Alexandria, NE is strongly 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
Alexandria, NE is strongly conservative.
Thayer County, Nebraska 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.
Alexandria, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Alexandria, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $417 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 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)