Clarkson, Nebraska is a small rural town located in the eastern part of the state. The town is home to a tight-knit community that takes pride in its local politics. Clarkson is governed by a mayor and board of trustees who are elected by the citizens of the town for two-year terms. The mayor and board focus on local issues such as public safety, infrastructure development, and economic development. They also work to ensure that all citizens have access to education, health care facilities, recreational activities, and other essential services. Furthermore, they strive to promote collaboration between the various departments within the city government so that they can better serve their constituents. As such, Clarkson has strong civic engagement among its citizens who take an active role in shaping their local government's policies and initiatives.
The political climate in Clarkson, NE is strongly conservative.
Colfax County, NE is very conservative. In Colfax County, NE 27.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Colfax county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.7% to 27.5%.
Colfax county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Clarkson, NE is strongly conservative.
Colfax 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.
Clarkson, 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 Clarkson, NE
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 9 contributions totaling $936 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)