Davenport, Nebraska is a small town located in the county of Lancaster with a population of just over 1,000 residents. Although it is a small rural community, politics still play an important role in the daily lives of its inhabitants. The current mayor of Davenport is Mayor Michael Malone, who was elected to serve his first term in 2020 and has pledged to focus on improving the quality of life for all citizens. The city also has a City Council that comprises seven members elected by the public via popular vote. The council is responsible for setting policy and approving local legislation. Other political offices in Davenport include the County Sheriff, County Assessor and County Clerk. These officials hold important roles within the community and are instrumental in helping to ensure its safety and prosperity.
The political climate in Zip 68335 (Davenport, NE) is very conservative.
Thayer County, NE is very conservative. In Thayer County, NE 20.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Thayer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.2% to 20.9%.
Thayer county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 68335 (Davenport, NE) is very conservative.
Davenport, Nebraska is very conservative.
Thayer 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.
Davenport, 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 68335 (Davenport)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 38 contributions totaling $1,485 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $1,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,000 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)