Bruning, Nebraska is a small town located in rural Nebraska with around 500 residents. The people of Bruning take great pride in their community and are very involved in the local politics. The town is represented by two elected officials at the county level, a county commissioner and a sheriff. At the state level, the citizens of Bruning have elected representatives from each of their legislative districts to the Nebraska State Senate and House of Representatives. Each year, candidates for these offices are selected by local political parties to represent their constituents' interests at the state and federal levels. The people of Bruning take an active role in deciding who will be representing them in government and are very engaged in local politics.
The political climate in Bruning, NE is strongly conservative.
Thayer County, NE is very conservative. In Thayer County, NE 20.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Thayer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.2% to 20.9%.
Thayer county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bruning, NE is strongly conservative.
Thayer 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.
Bruning, 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 Bruning, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $575 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 53 contributions totaling $5,593 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)