Cortland, Nebraska is a small town with a population of around 2,000 people. It has a mayor and six city council members who are elected by the citizens of Cortland. Local politics in this small town focus on issues such as improving infrastructure, reducing taxes, creating jobs, and protecting the environment. The town also holds an annual town hall meeting where residents can voice their concerns about local issues and the current government's performance. Residents of Cortland take part in local political activities such as voting in municipal elections, attending public hearings to voice their opinions on proposed policies and plans, and participating in local campaigns. Local candidates often engage in debates during election season to discuss their platforms and answer questions from voters. Although Cortland is a small town with limited resources for political engagement, citizens remain passionate about protecting their rights and ensuring that their voices are heard by their elected officials.
The political climate in Cortland, NE is very conservative.
Gage County, NE is very conservative. In Gage County, NE 30.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gage county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.0% to 30.4%.
Gage county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cortland, NE is very conservative.
Gage County, Nebraska is very conservative.
Beatrice Metro Area 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.
Cortland, 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 Cortland, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $800 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 25 contributions totaling $2,894 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)