Lushton, NE is a small rural town located in the Midwestern United States. The town has a long history of strong political engagement and lively debates between local political candidates. Every election season, residents come out in droves to cast their ballots and make sure their voices are heard. Local political candidates from both major parties contest hard-fought races for municipal offices, as well as state and federal offices, such as governor and U.S. Congress. Political discussion at the community level often focuses on issues that affect the day-to-day lives of Lushton's citizens: from healthcare policy to education reform to infrastructure development projects. Election season in Lushton is an exciting time for those looking to become more involved in local politics and make a difference in their community.
The political climate in Lushton, NE is very conservative.
York County, NE is very conservative. In York County, NE 22.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, York county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.5% to 22.8%.
York county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lushton, NE is very conservative.
York 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.
Lushton, 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 Lushton, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $1,200 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $1,193 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)