Geneva, Nebraska is a small town of about 1,650 people that is part of Fillmore County in the Midwest. The city itself has had a rich history and culture over the years and has been an important part of the local community for many generations. Politically, Geneva is represented by a mayor, city council members, and county commissioners who are all elected to serve their respective terms. The current mayor is Jeff Klinker, who was elected in 2016. The city council consists of five members and currently includes President Richard Hixson, Vice President Cheryl Ottenbacher, Treasurer Lois Roberts, Secretary Tom Anderson, and Council Member Jeff Johnson. The county commissioners are Mike Woerdehoff and Dave Schellhous who were both appointed in 2020. Each of these officials work together to make decisions that best serve the citizens of Geneva while striving for responsible government that will benefit its residents far into the future.
The political climate in Geneva, NE is strongly conservative.
Fillmore County, NE is very conservative. In Fillmore County, NE 22.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fillmore county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.9% to 22.0%.
Fillmore county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Geneva, NE is strongly conservative.
Fillmore 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.
Geneva, 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 Geneva, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 252 contributions totaling $10,800 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 144 contributions totaling $22,316 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)