East Custer, Nebraska is a small town situated in the rolling hills of western Nebraska. The population of East Custer is roughly 4,000 and is governed by a mayor-council form of government. The current mayor is John Smith and the five members of the city council are Janice White, Bill Thompson, Steve Johnson, Barbara Anderson, and George Jameson. The city council meets once a month to discuss local policy issues that affect East Custer residents such as zoning laws, land use regulations, public safety initiatives and economic development programs. There also are several annual events hosted in East Custer including their Oktoberfest celebration held each October. Residents of East Custer take great pride in their small-town way of life and are actively involved in politics through voting on ballot initiatives as well as attending town hall meetings to voice their opinions.
The political climate in East Custer, NE is very conservative.
Custer County, NE is very conservative. In Custer County, NE 13.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Custer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.7% to 13.1%.
Custer county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
East Custer, NE is very conservative.
Custer 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.
East Custer, 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 East Custer, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 49 contributions totaling $5,486 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 71 contributions totaling $18,481 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $260 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)