McLean, NE is a small town with a population of just over 400. Despite its size, the town takes politics seriously and regularly participates in local elections to decide their leaders. The citizens of McLean take pride in their community and are passionate about selecting the best candidate for their mayor, city council members, and other key positions. Every four years residents come out to vote for the presidential election as well, but mostly focus on the smaller local elections that directly affect their lives every day. With a strong sense of civic duty, the people of McLean strive to make smart decisions when it comes to picking their representatives.
The political climate in McLean, NE is very conservative.
Pierce County, NE is very conservative. In Pierce County, NE 12.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pierce county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.3% to 12.0%.
Pierce county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
McLean, NE is very conservative.
Pierce County, Nebraska is very conservative.
Norfolk 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.
McLean, 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 McLean, 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 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)