Riverside, NE is a small town of just over 3,000 people located in the heart of Nebraska. The town has a mayor-council form of government and is divided into four wards. Each ward elects two council members to represent them on the City Council and the Mayor is elected at large by all citizens. The council meets bi-monthly to discuss local issues and create regulations for residents. Residents can also attend Town Hall meetings held monthly, where they can voice their opinions and interact with city officials. Riverside also holds regular elections throughout the year for different local offices such as Board of Education, Library Board and City Clerk. Each election brings new candidates who run on platforms that reflect their views on how the city should be governed. With a strong sense of community spirit, it’s no surprise that Riverside has been successfully governed for many years by its dedicated citizens.
The political climate in Riverside, NE is strongly conservative.
Gage County, NE is very conservative. In Gage County, NE 30.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gage county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.0% to 30.4%.
Gage county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Riverside, NE is strongly conservative.
Gage County, Nebraska is very conservative.
Beatrice 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.
Riverside, 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 Riverside, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 207 contributions totaling $12,234 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 143 contributions totaling $22,302 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)