Richfield, Nebraska is a small rural town located in the south-central part of the state. Although it is only home to a few hundred residents, Richfield is an active community with strong political involvement. The local government consists of a mayor and four council members who are elected by the citizens every two years. They work together to ensure that all of the needs of the town’s residents are met. The town also has two active political parties that provide a platform for their ideas and candidates. During election season, both parties host events in order to promote their candidates and engage with potential voters. With its small but passionate population, Richfield is certainly no stranger to politics and has played an important role in shaping the future of Nebraska’s rural communities.
The political climate in Richfield, NE is somewhat conservative.
Sarpy County, NE is somewhat conservative. In Sarpy County, NE 42.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sarpy county remained strongly Republican, 54.0% to 42.8%.
Sarpy county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Richfield, NE is somewhat conservative.
Sarpy County, Nebraska is somewhat conservative.
Omaha-Council Bluffs Metro Area is leaning 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.
Richfield, 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 Richfield, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 862 contributions totaling $88,830 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 678 contributions totaling $140,862 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $208 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)