Bladen, NE is a small rural town located in the southeastern corner of Nebraska. With its population of approximately 400 people, Bladen has long been known for its tight knit and close-knit community. While there are no local political candidates in Bladen, many of the citizens here are committed to engaging in civil discourse and civic participation. Much of the political discussion in Bladen revolves around issues that affect the small town's livelihood such as agriculture, infrastructure, and education. Every year members of the community gather to elect town officials who they feel will best represent their interests and values. The people of Bladen have a strong sense of civic pride and they take their responsibility to be informed about current events seriously as well as engaging in conversations about national politics that affect their everyday lives.
The political climate in Bladen, NE is very conservative.
Webster County, NE is very conservative. In Webster County, NE 17.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Webster county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.5% to 17.9%.
Webster county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bladen, NE is very conservative.
Webster 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.
Bladen, 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 Bladen, 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 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)