Cozad, NE is a small city located in Dawson County and has a population of approximately 3,000 people. It is home to the Cozad City Council, which is an elected body that makes up the legislative authority of the city. The council consists of five members who are each elected from their respective wards for four-year terms. The mayor is also elected for a four-year term and serves as the chief executive of Cozad. Every two years, there are local elections where citizens can choose their representatives on the council and their mayor. Each election attracts numerous candidates from both major political parties, representing different views on how to make Cozad a better place to live. In addition to providing public services such as road maintenance and garbage collection, the City Council also sets policy for local businesses, with the goal of promoting economic growth in Cozad.
The political climate in Cozad, NE is moderately 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
Cozad, NE is moderately 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.
Cozad, 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 Cozad, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 49 contributions totaling $22,160 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $452 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)