The small city of Ashland, NE is located in the center of Saunders county, and is home to approximately 3,200 people. The city government focuses on providing services to citizens that include high-quality infrastructure and support for its local businesses. The city council consists of five members who are elected by the residents every two years. The mayor serves a four year term and is also voted into office by the public. Local politics are important to Ashland's citizens as they strive to maintain a safe and prosperous community. Through their dedication and hard work, our local leaders have been able to keep taxes low while maintaining essential services such as police protection, road maintenance, public transportation and more. As we look ahead towards the future, Ashland's citizens continue to be deeply involved in local politics as they aim for a brighter tomorrow for themselves and their children.
The political climate in Ashland, NE is strongly conservative.
Saunders County, NE is very conservative. In Saunders County, NE 26.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Saunders county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.2% to 26.1%.
Saunders county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ashland, NE is strongly conservative.
Saunders 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.
Ashland, 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 Ashland, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 144 contributions totaling $12,028 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 80 contributions totaling $24,946 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $312 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)