Bertrand, NE, is a small town of about 500 people located in the beautiful Sandhills region of Nebraska. It is a rural community with plenty of open space and wide-open skies. Despite its small size, politics remains an important part of life in Bertrand. Local elections take place every two years, with residents voting for a mayor and city council members who are responsible for making decisions that affect their day-to-day lives. The most pressing issue faced by the current administration is economic development, particularly finding ways to bring more jobs into the area. Residents also work together to address other concerns such as infrastructure improvements, street repairs, and maintaining parks and recreation facilities. Although 68927 Bertrand is small in population size, local politics still remain an important factor in keeping the community connected and active.
The political climate in Zip 68927 (Bertrand, NE) is very conservative.
Phelps County, NE is very conservative. In Phelps County, NE 15.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Phelps county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.8% to 15.0%.
Phelps county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 68927 (Bertrand, NE) is very conservative.
Bertrand, Nebraska is very conservative.
Phelps 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.
Bertrand, 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 68927 (Bertrand)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $980 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)