Sicily, Nebraska is a small town located in the Eastern Plains of the state. While small in size and population, its politics are an important part of the community. The local government is governed by a mayor and four council members who are elected to office every four years. The mayor is responsible for leading the council while the council members each focus on different areas necessary for running the town such as budgeting, public works, economic development, and public safety. All candidates for office must be registered voters in Sicily and follow state-mandated rules during their campaigns. In order to ensure fair elections, voter registration is monitored by both county and state governments meaning that all votes must be verified before being counted. With so much at stake in each election cycle, residents of Sicily take their roles as citizens seriously and strive to make their voices heard at the ballot box whenever possible.
The political climate in Sicily, 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
Sicily, 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.
Sicily, 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 Sicily, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 260 contributions totaling $17,747 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 148 contributions totaling $22,967 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)