Deshler is a small town located in 68340 Nebraska with an estimated population of 1,150 people. The city is represented in the Nebraska State Legislature by its state senator, Steve Erdman. In local politics, Deshler has an elected mayor, treasurer and council members. The Mayor of Deshler is currently Rick Smith who was elected in 2016 and the Treasurer is Chad Schilke who took office in 2020. City Council consists of seven members including Council President Lou DeBates who was elected in 2018. Deshler also has various city committees such as the Environment Committee, Economic Development Committee and Community Services Committee addressing issues related to economic development, environment sustainability and community services for the citizens of Deshler. The current mayor and council members have worked hard to provide their citizens with excellent services while also being fiscally responsible with taxpayer money. They are committed to ensuring that Deshler continues to be a safe and prosperous place to live for many years to come.
The political climate in Zip 68340 (Deshler, 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 68340 (Deshler, NE) is very conservative.
Deshler, 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.
Deshler, 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 68340 (Deshler)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $476 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $1,336 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)