Sutton, Nebraska is a small town located in Clay County, with a population of approximately 1,817 people. It is governed locally by the Sutton City Council, which consists of five members elected from wards within the city. The Mayor is also an elected position, chosen by voters in the city. In recent years, the council has worked to maintain the small-town charm while making improvements that benefit long-term residents and encourage new businesses and industry. Residents of Sutton can look forward to continued progress in infrastructure and public services while maintaining the hospitality that makes this community so special.
The political climate in Sutton, NE is strongly conservative.
Clay County, NE is very conservative. In Clay County, NE 17.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clay county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.8% to 17.7%.
Clay county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sutton, NE is strongly conservative.
Clay 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.
Sutton, 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 Sutton, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 50 contributions totaling $1,574 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 161 contributions totaling $8,900 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)