Bell Creek, NE is a small rural town, located in the Midwest United States. Politics in Bell Creek are largely influenced by the local community and its core values. The city council consists of five members, each elected by citizens to serve a four-year term. Issues concerning taxes, zoning, infrastructure and public safety are typically discussed at Council meetings. While there is no major party politics involved in the local decision-making process, citizens of Bell Creek have strong opinions about the decisions made by their representatives. Citizens often express their views through letters to the editor of the local newspaper or through attending Council meetings in person. While there may not be any current political candidates from Bell Creek, many residents take an active part in voting for state and national representatives who share their values and ideas about how to best represent them on a higher level.
The political climate in Bell Creek, NE is very conservative.
Burt County, NE is very conservative. In Burt County, NE 28.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Burt county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.0% to 28.4%.
Burt county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bell Creek, NE is very conservative.
Burt 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.
Bell Creek, 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 Bell Creek, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 117 contributions totaling $10,232 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 38 contributions totaling $11,986 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $315 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)