Fontanelle, NE is a small town located in the Midwestern United States. The politics in Fontanelle reflect that of its surrounding area, with conservative views and policies being dominant. There is very little involvement from the local population in politics due to the low population size. While there are local political candidates running for office from time to time, they largely run unopposed and thus have limited impact on the town’s politics. The most important political discussions are those held at the county level, which often end up affecting Fontanelle’s own laws and regulations.
The political climate in Fontanelle, NE is very conservative.
Washington County, NE is very conservative. In Washington County, NE 28.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.8% to 28.5%.
Washington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fontanelle, NE is very conservative.
Washington County, Nebraska is very conservative.
Omaha-Council Bluffs Metro Area is leaning 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.
Fontanelle, 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 Fontanelle, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $620 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 69 contributions totaling $8,982 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)