Loretto, Nebraska is a small town with a population of just under 300 people. Despite its size, it still has an active political scene, where the local residents take an active interest in their community and the governing bodies that oversee them. Every election cycle, there is a robust debate about local issues among the candidates running for office. The mayor and city council are both up for election every two years, so the citizens of Loretto always have an opportunity to make their voices heard and to have a say in how their town is managed. In addition to the usual municipal decisions, Loretto's political scene is also focused on maintaining its rural character even as development encroaches from neighboring towns. Residents strive to maintain public parks and green spaces while balancing economic growth with preserving the beauty of Loretto.
The political climate in Loretto, NE is strongly conservative.
Boone County, NE is very conservative. In Boone County, NE 15.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Boone county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.2% to 15.5%.
Boone county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Loretto, NE is strongly conservative.
Boone 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.
Loretto, 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 Loretto, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 54 contributions totaling $808 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $15 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 83 contributions totaling $10,386 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)