The city of Columbus, Nebraska is located in the north-central part of the state, and has a population of around 23,000 people. The city has a mayor-council form of government that includes the Mayor of Columbus and six city council members. The current Mayor is Brian Blasé and he was reelected in 2018 for a third term. The City Council meets regularly to discuss important issues such as public safety, infrastructure projects, and economic development. In addition to the local government, there are several political organizations in 68601 Columbus that are active in community affairs. These groups include the Platte County Democratic Party, the Platte County Republican Party, and Indivisible Columbus Ne. All three groups strive to ensure that residents have direct access to their elected officials and can voice their concerns about important issues in Columbus.
The political climate in Zip 68601 (Columbus, NE) is strongly conservative.
Platte County, NE is very conservative. In Platte County, NE 20.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Platte county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.5% to 20.7%.
Platte county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 68601 (Columbus, NE) is strongly conservative.
Columbus, Nebraska is strongly conservative.
Platte County, Nebraska is very conservative.
Columbus 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.
Columbus, 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 68601 (Columbus)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 122 contributions totaling $15,431 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 214 contributions totaling $65,991 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $308 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)