Palmyra, Nebraska is a small city situated in the southeast corner of the state. Despite its modest size, it has a vibrant political system that takes part in local, regional, and national elections. The Palmyra City Council is responsible for making decisions that affect the lives of its citizens, which includes setting policies on things like taxation and land use. Local residents also have the opportunity to vote for mayors and other officials within their own municipality as well as federal representatives in Congress. This allows them to be part of the decision-making process that can shape their future. As such, Palmyra is an important part of Nebraska's political landscape and serves as an example of how communities can work together to ensure their voices are heard.
The political climate in Palmyra, NE is very 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
Palmyra, NE is very 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.
Palmyra, 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 Palmyra, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $150 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 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)