The town of Emerson, NE is a small rural community with a population of 554 people. Despite its size, Emerson has its own local political scene that is full of vibrant personalities and interesting conversations. Community members come out in droves to attend the city council meetings and voice their concerns on various issues facing the town. Local candidates for public office are typically well-known figures in Emerson, having served the community in some capacity before running for office. They are often passionate about making sure that the citizens of Emerson have access to all the necessary resources they need, such as healthcare, education, and economic opportunities. As such, a great deal of attention has been paid to local politics in Emerson over the past few years as people strive to make sure their voices are heard.
The political climate in Emerson, NE is strongly conservative.
Dixon County, NE is very conservative. In Dixon County, NE 21.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dixon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.5% to 21.0%.
Dixon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Emerson, NE is strongly conservative.
Dixon County, Nebraska is very conservative.
Sioux City Metro Area is strongly 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.
Emerson, 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 Emerson, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 69 contributions totaling $2,844 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 57 contributions totaling $3,615 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)