Sumner, NE is a small community located in the northeastern corner of Nebraska. It is an economically diverse area with a wide variety of political views. With a population of roughly 5,000, Sumner has several local elected officials who work to ensure the residents’ needs are met and that their interests are represented. These officials include the mayor, city council members and various school board members. All these officials are committed to working together to create a better future for the city through policies that benefit all citizens. The political climate in Sumner is generally civil and respectful, as both sides recognize that we must work together if we are to be successful in creating a prosperous future for this community.
The political climate in Sumner, NE is very conservative.
Dawson County, NE is very conservative. In Dawson County, NE 27.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dawson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.0% to 27.2%.
Dawson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sumner, NE is very conservative.
Dawson County, Nebraska is very conservative.
Lexington 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.
Sumner, 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 Sumner, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $5,375 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $316 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)