68820 Boelus, NE is a small, rural town in the state of Nebraska. It has a population of just under 600 people and is located within Hall County. Politically, the town traditionally leans towards conservative views with most of its citizens typically voting for Republican candidates in local, state and federal elections. Despite its small size, it has an active political scene and in recent years, there have been several local politicians running for office in the area. The most notable include Senator Dan Watermeier, who has served as a senator in Nebraska since 2014; Representative Jim Scheer, who was elected to serve in the Nebraska Legislature in 2012; and former Governor Charlie Janssen who represented Nebraska from 2011 until 2015. All three candidates have strong ties to Boelus with Watermeier and Janssen both having grown up there and Scheer having attended college nearby at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. As such, they are all well-known figures among the residents of Boelus.
The political climate in Zip 68820 (Boelus, NE) is very conservative.
Howard County, NE is very conservative. In Howard County, NE 18.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Howard county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.4% to 18.5%.
Howard county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 68820 (Boelus, NE) is very conservative.
Boelus, Nebraska is very conservative.
Howard County, Nebraska is very conservative.
Grand Island 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.
Boelus, 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 68820 (Boelus)
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 1 contributions totaling $35 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)