Otoe County is located in the eastern region of Nebraska and is home to a diverse population. The county has a long history of strong political involvement, with local residents actively engaged in the political process. Otoe County has two main parties at the local level – Democrats and Republicans – that compete in elections for county offices such as County Commissioners, City Council members, and school board members. The elected officials represent Otoe County’s interests in state and national politics. Otoe County also participates in the state initiative process through which residents can vote on statewide ballot measures directly related to their own community. This allows citizens to have an active role in how their tax dollars are spent on issues that affect them locally. Overall, Otoe County’s political process provides an important platform for voicing opinions and ensuring representation of its citizens’ needs.
The political climate in Otoe County, NE is very conservative.
In Otoe County, NE 29.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Otoe county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.6% to 29.8%.
Otoe county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Otoe 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.
Otoe, 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 Otoe County, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 52 contributions totaling $1,689 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 252 contributions totaling $62,126 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $247 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)