Burt County, Nebraska is a rural area that values its strong sense of community. The local government is focused on maintaining the county’s heritage and providing vital services to its citizens. To meet these goals, the county has three elected officials: the Board of Supervisors, the Sheriff, and the County Clerk. These offices are responsible for overseeing various aspects of Burt County life such as budgeting, law enforcement, and record-keeping. In addition to these roles, there are also two other important positions in Burt County politics: the County Commissioner and the County Assessor. Both positions involve working with residents to ensure their needs are met while upholding local regulations and laws. Every four years during elections, locals have an opportunity to decide who should represent them in-person by voting for their preferred candidates for each position.
The political climate in Burt County, NE is very conservative.
In Burt County, NE 28.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Burt county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.0% to 28.4%.
Burt county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Burt County, NE is very conservative.
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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.
Burt, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Burt County, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 201 contributions totaling $13,381 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 68 contributions totaling $14,560 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $214 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)