St. Charles, Nebraska is a small rural community located in the Midwest United States. The town has a population of just over 600 people and is governed by a Mayor and City Council. The Mayor and City Council are responsible for the day-to-day governance of the town, such as setting laws, determining how money is spent, and responding to issues within the community. The city also holds regular elections to decide who will be appointed to the various positions within the government. Each election cycle typically features several local political candidates who represent different views and ideologies, allowing citizens to make their voice heard when it comes to decisions that affect their lives. In short, St. Charles, NE has an active political culture which allows residents to engage in debates about important issues facing their community and choose who best represents their interests on the local level.
The political climate in St. Charles, NE is very conservative.
Cuming County, NE is very conservative. In Cuming County, NE 19.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cuming county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.6% to 19.5%.
Cuming county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
St. Charles, NE is very conservative.
Cuming 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.
St. Charles, 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 St. Charles, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $2,346 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $261 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 31 contributions totaling $5,133 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $166 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)