Fort Calhoun, NE is a small city located in the northeast corner of Nebraska. It has a population of roughly 1,000 people and is known for its friendly atmosphere and tight-knit community. Politically, it is a conservative area that traditionally leans Republican. The local politics are no exception: most candidates running for local office have strong GOP ties and support President Trump’s policies. Despite this, the city remains very much divided on certain issues such as immigration and healthcare reform, with no clear consensus among residents on which direction to take the city’s future. With so many pressing matters at hand, Fort Calhoun’s residents will need to come together in order to decide on what direction they want their city to go in.
The political climate in Fort Calhoun, NE is strongly 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
Fort Calhoun, NE is strongly 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.
Fort Calhoun, 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 Fort Calhoun, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $700 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $233 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $14,725 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,133 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)