Nebraska City, NE is a town located in Otoe County with a population of approximately 7,000 people. It is known for its historic downtown district as well as its beautiful parks and recreational areas. When it comes to politics, Nebraska City has had notable representatives serve in the state legislature including Joni Albrecht who served from 2011-2013 and Hal Daub who served from 1981-1989. The city is currently served by State Senator Tom Briese and State Representatives Robert Clements and Brad Hansen. The local government also consists of the Mayor, five Council Members, City Treasurer, and City Clerk. As a whole the local government works together to ensure the town’s needs are taken care of while respecting the wishes of its citizens. With a long history of political representation, Nebraska City is an important part of the political landscape in Nebraska.
The political climate in Nebraska City, NE is strongly conservative.
Otoe County, NE is very conservative. In Otoe County, NE 29.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Otoe county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.6% to 29.8%.
Otoe county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Nebraska City, NE is strongly conservative.
Otoe 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.
Nebraska City, 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 Nebraska City, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19 contributions totaling $1,331 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 224 contributions totaling $58,316 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $260 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)