Richland Township in Nebraska is a small rural community with a population of less than 500 people. Despite its small size, the township has an active political life, with local elections taking place every two years. During these elections, citizens of the township have the opportunity to decide on issues that affect their lives and their community. These issues range from infrastructure improvements to property tax initiatives and more. Richland Township residents value local representatives who are willing to represent their needs and wishes in a respectful manner. Local candidates must be familiar with the needs of the community in order to best serve its citizens. Residents strive to ensure that their elected officials are responsive to their interests so that they can feel safe and supported within their own town.
The political climate in Richland township (Saunders County), NE is very conservative.
Saunders County, NE is very conservative. In Saunders County, NE 26.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Saunders county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.2% to 26.1%.
Saunders county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Richland township (Saunders County), NE is very conservative.
Saunders County, Nebraska is very conservative.
Omaha-Council Bluffs Metro Area is leaning 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.
Richland township (Saunders County), 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 Richland township (Saunders County), NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 321 contributions totaling $9,973 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 97 contributions totaling $14,527 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)