Richardson, Nebraska is a small town located in Nemaha County with a population of just over 200 people. Despite its size, the politics of Richardson are important to the locals. For many of the small towns in the area, issues such as taxes and infrastructure improvements are part of the local political debate. Local candidates vying for office must demonstrate their understanding of these issues and how they would bring about positive change to Richardson and the surrounding area. Candidates must also be able to discuss their plan for economic growth and job creation for residents of Richardson as well as an understanding of environmental sustainability initiatives that will help protect local resources. All citizens have a stake in who represents them at a local level, so it is essential that candidates discuss their ideas and platforms with clarity and conviction.
The political climate in Richardson, NE is very conservative.
Butler County, NE is very conservative. In Butler County, NE 19.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Butler county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.4% to 19.3%.
Butler county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Richardson, NE is very conservative.
Butler 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.
Richardson, 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 Richardson, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $1,010 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)