Peru, Nebraska is a small city located in Nemaha County. It has a population of about 2,000 people and is known for its charming Midwestern atmosphere. When it comes to politics in Peru, the citizens are served by the nonpartisan City Council which consists of five members elected at large who serve four year terms. The mayor is elected every two years and presides over the City Council meetings. The governing body works to ensure that Peru remains a safe place to live with quality services like police protection, public parks, street maintenance and more. Additionally, the City Council works to ensure economic success by supporting local businesses with incentives and other opportunities. Despite being a small community, politics in Peru are taken seriously by its citizens who continually strive to make their city even better.
The political climate in Peru, NE is moderately conservative.
Nemaha County, NE is very conservative. In Nemaha County, NE 26.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Nemaha county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.7% to 26.8%.
Nemaha county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Peru, NE is moderately conservative.
Nemaha 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.
Peru, 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 Peru, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 42 contributions totaling $1,859 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $1,865 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)