68621 Ames, NE is a small rural town located in the southeastern region of Nebraska. Politically, the town features a nonpartisan system of government. In 68621 Ames, all registered voters are encouraged to participate in the local elections and decisions regardless of political party affiliation. There are several key issues that are important to this community, including economic growth, infrastructure development, public safety and quality of life. The elected leaders of 68621 Ames strive to ensure that these issues are adequately addressed by allocating resources appropriately and engaging citizens in meaningful dialogue about the future of their community. From time to time local political candidates appear on ballots for office positions like Mayor or City Council member; however, all registered voters have an equal opportunity to participate in decision-making processes within the city government no matter their political affiliation.
The political climate in Zip 68621 (Ames, NE) is strongly conservative.
Dodge County, NE is very conservative. In Dodge County, NE 32.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dodge county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.8% to 32.7%.
Dodge county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 68621 (Ames, NE) is strongly conservative.
Ames, Nebraska is strongly conservative.
Dodge County, Nebraska is very conservative.
Fremont 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.
Ames, 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 68621 (Ames)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 23 contributions totaling $2,142 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $1,075 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)