68636 Elgin, NE is a small town located in Boone County in the state of Nebraska. Its politics are mainly focused on local issues that affect the community and its citizens. These issues include public safety, education, infrastructure, and economic development. The town has elected officials at various levels who are responsible for making decisions related to these topics. The mayor and city council serve as the governing body for Elgin and make decisions that impact the entire community. At the county level, the Board of Supervisors makes decisions regarding regional issues such as transportation and environmental regulations. In addition, state representatives from Elgin are involved in policy making at both state and national levels. All of these elected officials strive to ensure a better quality of life for all citizens in Elgin and their surrounding area.
The political climate in Zip 68636 (Elgin, NE) is very conservative.
Antelope County, NE is very conservative. In Antelope County, NE 12.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Antelope county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.2% to 12.6%.
Antelope county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 68636 (Elgin, NE) is very conservative.
Elgin, Nebraska is very conservative.
Antelope 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.
Elgin, 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 68636 (Elgin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $126 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 47 contributions totaling $1,191 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)