Brownville, Nebraska is a small town located in Nemaha County with a population around 500. It is a rural community and the main industry of the town is agriculture. The local politics in Brownville focus on maintaining the town’s agricultural heritage while also seeing the potential for economic growth and development. The local government consists of the Mayor, City Council, and Board of Commissioners. Each year there are elections for these positions as well as special bond elections when needed. The local political candidates focus their campaign efforts on how they will support current businesses and attract new ones to grow the local economy while also protecting the agricultural heritage of Brownville. One of their primary goals is to ensure that Brownville remains an attractive place for families to live and work in by preserving its rural character.
The political climate in Brownville, NE is strongly conservative.
Nemaha County, NE is very conservative. In Nemaha County, NE 26.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Nemaha county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.7% to 26.8%.
Nemaha county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Brownville, NE is strongly conservative.
Nemaha 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.
Brownville, 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 Brownville, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $45 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $15 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $762 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)