Olive, NE is a small, tight-knit community that is home to many hardworking families. The people of Olive take pride in their city and are actively involved in their local politics. They have several elected officials that serve on the city council, school board, and other political roles. These officials work to ensure the needs of the citizens are met with fair and just governance. In addition, they strive to provide resources to citizens like infrastructure improvements and public services such as police and fire protection. The residents of Olive also take part in voting for state representatives during elections to make sure their voices are heard in the larger political system. All in all, Olive is a friendly community with a strong sense of civic engagement when it comes to politics.
The political climate in Olive, NE is strongly conservative.
Butler County, NE is very conservative. In Butler County, NE 19.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Butler county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.4% to 19.3%.
Butler county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Olive, NE is strongly conservative.
Butler 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.
Olive, 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 Olive, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $185 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 45 contributions totaling $3,222 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)