Deshler, Nebraska is a small town with a population of about 1,500 people. The local politics are overseen by the Village Board, which consists of three trustees and the mayor. The trustees are elected for two-year terms while the mayor serves a four-year term. They work together to ensure that the needs of all citizens are met and that important decisions are made concerning issues such as taxes, infrastructure maintenance, public safety, and economic development. The Board also oversees public services such as water treatment facilities, streets and sidewalks maintenance, parks and recreation activities. All citizens can participate in the local politics by attending Village Board meetings or voting in local elections when they are held.
The political climate in Deshler, NE is strongly conservative.
Thayer County, NE is very conservative. In Thayer County, NE 20.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Thayer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.2% to 20.9%.
Thayer county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Deshler, NE is strongly conservative.
Thayer 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.
Deshler, 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 Deshler, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $476 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $1,336 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)