The politics in Ellsworth, Nebraska are largely handled by the town's local government. The Town Board of Commissioners is elected by citizens and helps to set up policies and regulations that guide the town’s decision-making process. They also manage budgets for all departments within the town and they have final voting authority on any major decisions for the town. The Mayor of Ellsworth serves as a leader for the town and is responsible for representing it in matters of external affairs. He or she also has oversight of all other public offices in the town and works closely with them to ensure a productive environment and successful completion of tasks for residents. The Town Clerk is responsible for managing records, issuing permits, and maintaining records related to legal documents such as contracts, ordinances, resolutions, and more. All offices work together to ensure that Ellsworth is run efficiently and transparently so that everyone can benefit from living in this great community.
The political climate in Ellsworth, 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
Ellsworth, 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.
Ellsworth, 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 Ellsworth, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 18 contributions totaling $2,760 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $153 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 25 contributions totaling $3,416 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)