The small town of Scotia, NE is a tight-knit community that prides itself on its strong local democracy. Although the population of Scotia is relatively small, the citizens are passionate about their local politics and take part in numerous civic activities. From town hall meetings to debates, Scotia residents stay up to date on the issues and decisions facing their community. The town also encourages engagement from its citizens by hosting regular events like candidate forums and forums related to important civic topics. Candidates for offices at all levels of government are welcomed to participate in these events, allowing them to discuss their platforms and answer questions from constituents. Every election season, Scotia residents come together to make informed decisions about who should best represent them in office.
The political climate in Scotia, NE is strongly conservative.
Greeley County, NE is very conservative. In Greeley County, NE 18.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Greeley county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.7% to 18.2%.
Greeley county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Scotia, NE is strongly conservative.
Greeley 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.
Scotia, 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 Scotia, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $343 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $310 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)