Bee, NE is a small rural community that has a long history of civic involvement. Despite its small size, the town takes pride in its political landscape. Local elections draw a lot of attention from residents who are eager to have their voices heard and to actively participate in the decision-making process. The Bee City Council is comprised of seven members who represent different parts of the community and make decisions on various matters related to economic development, public safety, social services and much more. Residents can keep up with local politics by attending city council meetings or following current events in the Bee Courier newspaper. Additionally, there are many opportunities for local citizens to get involved through various clubs and organizations that focus on government and policy issues. No matter what part of the political spectrum they may fall into, all citizens of Bee have an opportunity to engage in their local government and help shape the future of their community.
The political climate in Bee, NE is very conservative.
Seward County, NE is very conservative. In Seward County, NE 26.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Seward county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.6% to 26.5%.
Seward county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bee, NE is very conservative.
Seward County, Nebraska is very conservative.
Lincoln Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Bee, 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 Bee, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $1,100 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $550 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)