Schuyler, Nebraska is a small city located in central Nebraska. As the seat of Colfax County, it is home to many local government and political offices. The Mayor of Schuyler is elected every two years for a term that lasts four years. The current mayor is John Hansen, who has held office since 2014. The Schuyler City Council consists of seven members who are elected at large by the citizens of Schuyler for a two-year term each. They are responsible for setting policies and making decisions regarding the management and operation of the city. In addition to these offices, there are also state representatives and senators that represent Schuyler in the Nebraska State Legislature. These officials work to ensure that the interests of their constituents are represented at the state level as well as advocating for their local communities on a variety of issues.
The political climate in Schuyler, NE is moderately conservative.
Colfax County, NE is very conservative. In Colfax County, NE 27.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Colfax county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.7% to 27.5%.
Colfax county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Schuyler, NE is moderately conservative.
Colfax 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.
Schuyler, 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 Schuyler, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 24 contributions totaling $10,197 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $425 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 80 contributions totaling $4,494 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)