Santee, NE is a small town in northeast Nebraska. Politically, the town is fairly conservative as it is located in the heart of a predominantly red state. The town is part of the Thurston county, and most of its residents vote Republican. Although recent elections have seen a slight uptick in the number of Democrats voting, most local politicians still tout conservative ideals. Most notably, Santee's representatives are strongly against increased taxes and higher government spending. They emphasize fiscal responsibility and taking care of their own community first. Santee voters also generally show support for gun rights and tend to favor restrictions on abortion. Residents understand that their votes matter in statewide and national elections, but they also recognize that local politics will have the most impact on their everyday lives.
The political climate in Santee, NE is strongly conservative.
Knox County, NE is very conservative. In Knox County, NE 19.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Knox county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.0% to 19.2%.
Knox county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Santee, NE is strongly conservative.
Knox 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.
Santee, 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 Santee, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $30,677 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $3,068 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $29,350 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,096 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)