The small town of Elk Creek, Nebraska has a long and proud history of political engagement from its local citizens. The town is divided into different wards and each ward elects one representative to the city council. The City Council is responsible for passing laws and regulations that govern the city, as well as providing various services to residents. They also serve as the voice of the people in government and are responsible for representing their constituents' views on a variety of issues. Elections are held every two years with all registered voters eligible to cast their ballots. While many of the political discussions in Elk Creek are at the local level, residents still remain engaged on national and international issues, making sure their voices are heard.
The political climate in Elk Creek, NE is strongly conservative.
Johnson County, NE is very conservative. In Johnson County, NE 29.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Johnson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.0% to 29.0%.
Johnson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Elk Creek, NE is strongly conservative.
Johnson 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.
Elk Creek, 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 Elk Creek, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 108 contributions totaling $2,833 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)