Alma, Nebraska is a small rural town located in the northern part of the state. The population of Alma is 1,179 according to the 2010 census. The politics of Alma are largely conservative and Republican-leaning. Local elections often focus on issues like economic development, improving public services and maintaining small-town values. Candidates often draw support from the local farming and ranching communities, as well as from those with more liberal inclinations who value the local sense of community and civic engagement found in Alma. While there may not be any specific candidates running for office at this time, it is likely that in future elections residents of Alma will have plenty of choices when it comes to choosing their representatives.
The political climate in Zip 68920 (Alma, NE) is very conservative.
Harlan County, NE is very conservative. In Harlan County, NE 14.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Harlan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.5% to 14.6%.
Harlan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 68920 (Alma, NE) is very conservative.
Alma, Nebraska is very conservative.
Harlan County, Nebraska 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.
Alma, 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 zip 68920 (Alma)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $250 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 25 contributions totaling $2,673 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)