Lowell, Nebraska is a small rural community located in the northeastern part of the state. It is known for its friendly people and tight-knit community atmosphere. As with all small towns, local politics are an important factor in Lowell’s character. While there are no national or regional politicians who call Lowell home, citizens take their local politics very seriously. The city council members are elected by the residents and they work together to make decisions that affect daily life in Lowell. They handle budgeting, zoning regulations, and other civic matters that directly shape the town's future. Residents of Lowell take pride in their city and are involved in local politics to ensure it continues to be a great place to live.
The political climate in Lowell, NE is very conservative.
Kearney County, NE is very conservative. In Kearney County, NE 19.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kearney county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.0% to 19.4%.
Kearney county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lowell, NE is very conservative.
Kearney 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.
Lowell, 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 Lowell, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 450 contributions totaling $19,529 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 124 contributions totaling $18,928 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $153 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)