Elm Creek, Nebraska is a small rural town with a population of just over 13,000 people. The politics of this town are governed by a mayor and the city council who work to ensure the interests and needs of their constituents are met. Representation in Elm Creek's City Council consists of seven members elected by the citizens to serve four year terms. These elections are held annually in November and are for Mayor, District 1 Council Member, District 2 Council Member, District 3 Council Member, District 4 Council Member, District 5 Council Member and At-Large Council Member. They make decisions on important matters such as public safety, infrastructure improvements, public services and taxes. Local political candidates must be residents of Elm Creek who have lived in the city for at least one year prior to running for office.
The political climate in Elm Creek, NE is strongly conservative.
Buffalo County, NE is very conservative. In Buffalo County, NE 26.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Buffalo county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.2% to 26.8%.
Buffalo county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Elm Creek, NE is strongly conservative.
Buffalo County, Nebraska is very conservative.
Kearney 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.
Elm Creek, 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 Elm Creek, 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 70 contributions totaling $6,651 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)