Bennington, Nebraska is a small town of approximately 1,500 people located in the Omaha metropolitan area. Despite its small size, Bennington is an important part of the state’s political landscape. This includes having representatives from each major political party serving on the city council and in local government offices. The city also regularly participates in statewide elections with a large percentage of its residents casting their ballots. While there may not be any local political candidates to name, Bennington citizens are actively engaged in their city's political and governmental affairs by engaging in debates about important issues such as economic development and public safety.
The political climate in Bennington, NE is leaning conservative.
Douglas County, NE is somewhat liberal. In Douglas County, NE 54.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Douglas county remained strongly Democratic, 54.4% to 43.1%.
Douglas county voted Democratic in 2020, 2016 and 2008, and voted Republican in 2012, 2004 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bennington, NE is leaning conservative.
Douglas County, Nebraska is somewhat liberal.
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.
Bennington, Nebraska: R R d r d D
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 Bennington, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 201 contributions totaling $24,802 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 100 contributions totaling $25,931 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $259 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)