The small town of Belden, NE, located in 68717 zip code area, is a close knit community with a population of about 500 people. It has a long and proud history of active citizens engaging in their local government and politics. Every two years the town elects its mayor and city council members to enact change and progress within the community. Recently, residents have been focusing on issues such as improving infrastructure and increasing diversity in local education programs. The current mayoral candidates are two friendly competitors with contrasting views on these topics. One candidate believes that investment in infrastructure should be a priority while the other wishes to focus more resources towards educational initiatives. This election season promises to bring passionate debates between the candidates as they campaign for the town’s votes. No matter who wins, it is sure to be an eventful time in Belden’s political landscape.
The political climate in Zip 68717 (Belden, NE) is very conservative.
Cedar County, NE is very conservative. In Cedar County, NE 14.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cedar county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.2% to 14.5%.
Cedar county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 68717 (Belden, NE) is very conservative.
Belden, Nebraska is very conservative.
Cedar 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.
Belden, 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 68717 (Belden)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)