Bismark Township, located in Platte County, Nebraska is governed by a Board of Supervisors. This board consists of three elected members who serve four year terms. The township is responsible for maintaining local roads and other community services such as garbage pick-up, park maintenance and snow removal. The Board of Supervisors meets regularly to discuss the needs of the community and to vote on proposed projects or initiatives. They also hold public meetings where citizens can voice their opinions and concerns. In addition to the Board of Supervisors, there are several other government entities that work together to ensure proper oversight of the area including the Platte County Commissioners, local law enforcement and school districts. All these entities have an important role in helping provide a safe and secure environment for Bismark Township residents.
The political climate in Bismark township (Platte County), NE is strongly conservative.
Platte County, NE is very conservative. In Platte County, NE 20.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Platte county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.5% to 20.7%.
Platte county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bismark township (Platte County), NE is strongly conservative.
Platte County, Nebraska is very conservative.
Columbus 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.
Bismark township (Platte County), 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 Bismark township (Platte County), NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 122 contributions totaling $15,431 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 214 contributions totaling $65,991 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $308 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)