Silver Lake, NE is a small town in the Midwest of the United States, with a close-knit community and a strong sense of pride amongst its citizens. Although it isn’t very well known outside of its local area, Silver Lake is home to some vibrant political activity. The town has several active local organizations which are involved in many different aspects of politics, such as Town Council meetings and public forums. Several local candidates have also run for office in recent years, hoping to use their voices to represent their fellow Silver Lakers. These candidates come from all walks of life and represent a variety of perspectives on what is best for the town. They aim to bring new ideas and solutions to Silver Lake and continue to work towards positive change within the community.
The political climate in Silver Lake, NE is very conservative.
Adams County, NE is very conservative. In Adams County, NE 28.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Adams county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.8% to 28.8%.
Adams county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Silver Lake, NE is very conservative.
Adams County, Nebraska is very conservative.
Hastings 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.
Silver Lake, 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 Silver Lake, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $600 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)