Custer Township (Antelope County), NE is served by a small local government that consists of the township board, which is made up of three trustees and a clerk. The trustees are elected to two-year terms and the clerk is appointed for an indefinite term. The board meets regularly throughout the year to discuss issues related to the township, such as roads and infrastructure maintenance, zoning regulations, and public safety. Each year, residents have the opportunity to elect or re-elect their representatives in the town's Board of Trustees. The election process is open and transparent, while also providing opportunities for residents to voice their concerns or make suggestions on how their township can be improved. Public engagement with local politics is encouraged in Custer Township, helping create a sense of community among its citizens.
The political climate in Custer township (Antelope County), NE is very conservative.
Antelope County, NE is very conservative. In Antelope County, NE 12.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Antelope county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.2% to 12.6%.
Antelope county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Custer township (Antelope County), NE is very conservative.
Antelope 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.
Custer township (Antelope 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 Custer township (Antelope County), NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $2,200 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $275 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $1,766 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)