Dorchester, Nebraska is a small town located in Saline County with a population of just over 500 people. Politically, the town is run by the mayor and the board of trustees. All of them are elected officials who serve four-year terms. The current mayor is John Smith, who was elected to office in 2018 and will be up for re-election in 2022. The board of trustees consists of four members that are elected at large by residents of Dorchester. Currently, the board consists of Mary Johnson, Bob Williams, Susan Browning and Sarah Jones. All four members were elected to their positions in 2019 and are also up for re-election in 2023. The mayor and board work together to make decisions on matters such as budgeting, policy implementation and community development. Additionally, they work closely with local organizations to promote economic growth and improve quality of life for all residents.
The political climate in Dorchester, NE is strongly conservative.
Saline County, NE is strongly conservative. In Saline County, NE 34.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Saline county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.8% to 34.4%.
Saline county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dorchester, NE is strongly conservative.
Saline County, Nebraska is strongly 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.
Dorchester, Nebraska: r R d 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 Dorchester, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $840 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)