The city of North Platte, Nebraska is served by a nonpartisan mayor-council government. The mayor is elected to a four-year term and is responsible for preparing the budget and appointing department heads. There are currently five members of the City Council that are each elected for a four year term. They control the legislative functions of the city, determining tax rates and approving ordinances related to public health, safety, and welfare. Each member represents one of five wards within the city with an election occurring every two years to determine representation in each ward. Elections are open to all registered voters within North Platte who meet certain eligibility criteria based on their residency in the area. Participating in these elections is a great way for residents to become involved in their local government and have their voices heard.
The political climate in North Platte, NE is moderately conservative.
Lincoln County, NE is very conservative. In Lincoln County, NE 21.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lincoln county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.2% to 21.5%.
Lincoln county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
North Platte, NE is moderately conservative.
Lincoln County, Nebraska is very conservative.
North Platte Metro Area 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.
North Platte, 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 North Platte, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 568 contributions totaling $21,982 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 221 contributions totaling $34,150 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)