Dawson, Nebraska is a small rural community located in Dawson County. With a population of just over 1,000 people, the politics in Dawson are largely focused on local issues. These include land use and development plans, zoning regulations, municipal budgets and infrastructure projects. The mayor of Dawson is elected on a nonpartisan basis by the residents. The city council is composed of seven members who are responsible for approving proposed ordinances and resolutions and providing municipal services to the citizens of Dawson. Local elections occur every two years to elect both the mayor and city council members. Candidates for these positions must live within the city limits in order to be eligible for office. In addition to local politics, Dawson residents also take part in state-level politics by voting in Nebraska statewide elections such as gubernatorial races, presidential primaries and general elections.
The political climate in Zip 68337 (Dawson, NE) is very conservative.
Richardson County, NE is very conservative. In Richardson County, NE 24.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Richardson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.3% to 24.1%.
Richardson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 68337 (Dawson, NE) is very conservative.
Dawson, Nebraska is very conservative.
Richardson 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.
Dawson, 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 68337 (Dawson)
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 $200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)