Decatur, NE is a small town in eastern Nebraska with a population of just over 2,000 people. The town’s politics are generally guided by conservative values and beliefs. Local government is managed by the Mayor and City Council members who meet regularly to discuss matters of local importance. Decatur also serves as the county seat for Hall County, so they occasionally work with other nearby cities on important regional topics such as education and economic development. In terms of political campaigns, there tends to be low turnout at elections due to the small size of the town, but residents are still active participants in their government and take pride in making sure their voices are heard.
The political climate in Decatur, NE is strongly conservative.
Burt County, NE is very conservative. In Burt County, NE 28.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Burt county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.0% to 28.4%.
Burt county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Decatur, NE is strongly conservative.
Burt 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.
Decatur, 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 Decatur, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $439 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $286 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)