The small town of Gordon, NE is a close-knit community with an involved population. The local politics are heavily influenced by the values of the people who live in the city. Residents of Gordon come together to discuss and debate current political issues, banding together to support causes they believe in such as public education, environmental protection, and economic growth. This sense of unity has resulted in many positive changes for the town, which shows how powerful a unified citizenry can be. Although there are no major political candidates from Gordon at this time, residents continue to actively engage with their representatives at state and federal levels to ensure that their voices are heard on important issues.
The political climate in Gordon, NE is strongly conservative.
Sheridan County, NE is very conservative. In Sheridan County, NE 12.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sheridan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.4% to 12.7%.
Sheridan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gordon, NE is strongly conservative.
Sheridan 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.
Gordon, 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 Gordon, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 151 contributions totaling $1,500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $10 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $4,945 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $275 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)