Arlington, NE is a small city with a population of just over 2,000 people. Located in the eastern part of Nebraska, Arlington is governed by a Mayor and City Council and operates under the Commission-Manager form of government. The Mayor and City Council are responsible for establishing policies and regulations, while the City Manager is in charge of carrying out those policies. Elections for the local political offices are held every two years. Recently, there has been much discussion in the community about issues such as economic development, infrastructure investment, and public safety. Many local residents have become politically engaged in order to promote their views on these topics and to ensure that their voices are heard when decisions are being made about the future of Arlington.
The political climate in Arlington, NE is strongly conservative.
Washington County, NE is very conservative. In Washington County, NE 28.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.8% to 28.5%.
Washington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Arlington, NE is strongly conservative.
Washington County, Nebraska is very conservative.
Omaha-Council Bluffs Metro Area is leaning 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.
Arlington, 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 Arlington, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 115 contributions totaling $1,839 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $16 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $202 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)