Culbertson, Nebraska is a small rural town with a population of just over 800 people. It is known for its great sense of community and its deep agricultural roots. The local government in Culbertson consists of a mayor and city council that are elected by the citizens every two years. The mayor is responsible for setting up meetings, preparing agendas, acting as a liaison between the city council and the citizens, and responding to citizen requests. The city council works to approve ordinances, pass resolutions and act as an advisory board to the mayor. They work hard to ensure all public services are provided efficiently including parks & recreation, police & fire protection, waste management and water & sewer services. In addition to providing these services, they also strive to keep taxes low while maintaining quality living standards in the town. Ultimately, the local politics in Culbertson are focused on doing what’s best for the citizens by providing excellent public services while striving to keep taxes low.
The political climate in Culbertson, NE is strongly conservative.
Hitchcock County, NE is very conservative. In Hitchcock County, NE 11.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hitchcock county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.0% to 11.9%.
Hitchcock county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Culbertson, NE is strongly conservative.
Hitchcock 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.
Culbertson, 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 Culbertson, 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 2 contributions totaling $120 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)