Niobrara, NE has a small but vibrant political landscape. The city is governed by the Niobrara City Council which consists of four members who are elected to serve two-year terms in office. Elections for the City Council take place every two years on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. The council members are responsible for overseeing all municipal activities and enacting laws and policies that best benefit their city's citizens. In addition to local officials, Niobrara also elects representatives to both Nebraska state and federal offices. All elections are held on a non-partisan basis so that residents can choose candidates based solely on their merits rather than party affiliation. Niobrara is committed to open government and encourages its citizens to remain informed about current issues affecting their community.
The political climate in Niobrara, NE is strongly conservative.
Knox County, NE is very conservative. In Knox County, NE 19.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Knox county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.0% to 19.2%.
Knox county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Niobrara, NE is strongly conservative.
Knox 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.
Niobrara, 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 Niobrara, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $30,677 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $3,068 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $29,350 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,096 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)