St. Paul, NE is a small city in the northeastern part of the state with a population of about 900 people. It is largely considered to be a rural community, with many residents still relying on agriculture for their livelihoods. The local politics in St. Paul are quite unique, as the city operates under the mayor-council form of government and is divided into five wards that elect representatives from each ward to serve on the city council. The mayor and council work together to make decisions that affect all of St. Paul's citizens, such as approving ordinances, creating budgets for city services, and developing new initiatives to better the community. Residents have an opportunity to exercise their right to vote for local candidates during municipal elections every two years, making sure their voices are heard when it comes to crucial decisions being made about their own future.
The political climate in St. Paul, NE is strongly conservative.
Howard County, NE is very conservative. In Howard County, NE 18.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Howard county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.4% to 18.5%.
Howard county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
St. Paul, NE is strongly conservative.
Howard County, Nebraska is very conservative.
Grand Island Metro Area 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.
St. Paul, 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 St. Paul, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 31 contributions totaling $2,355 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $2,306 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)