David City, Nebraska is a small city with a population of just over 4,000 people. It has a long history of political engagement and involvement in local affairs. The city is led by an elected mayor and five council members who make up the legislative body for the city. Each April, qualified citizens can register and vote in the nonpartisan elections for mayor and City Council seats. This election process ensures that all citizens can participate in shaping their local government. Additionally, David City is part of Butler County, which has its own elected officials from two parties that focus on countywide policies and procedures. All residents of David City are eligible to vote in these elections as well. With such a wide range of options for individual expression and participation in local politics, it's no surprise that David City residents take their political involvement seriously.
The political climate in David City, NE is strongly conservative.
Butler County, NE is very conservative. In Butler County, NE 19.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Butler county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.4% to 19.3%.
Butler county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
David City, NE is strongly conservative.
Butler 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.
David City, 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 David City, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $1,641 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)