Benkelman, Nebraska is a small rural town located in southwestern Dundy County. It is a close-knit community that is home to a diverse population of nearly 1,000 people. The local politics of the town are driven by what is best for the local residents. There are several political candidates who run for local office in Benkelman, and those elected serve the citizens in many areas including infrastructure, public services, and economic growth initiatives. These candidates have a long history of working to ensure that Benkelman continues to thrive in a global economy and stay true to its core values of hard work and collaboration.
The political climate in Zip 69021 (Benkelman, NE) is very conservative.
Dundy County, NE is very conservative. In Dundy County, NE 10.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 88.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dundy county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 88.0% to 10.5%.
Dundy county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 69021 (Benkelman, NE) is very conservative.
Benkelman, Nebraska is very conservative.
Dundy 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.
Benkelman, 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 69021 (Benkelman)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 30 contributions totaling $2,455 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 30 contributions totaling $3,698 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)