The small town of 68637 Ericson, NE has a population of just under 1000 people. It is home to many hard-working families and businesses. The local politics in 68637 Ericson, NE are largely determined by the town council, which consists of five elected officials. Every two years, the citizens of 68637 Ericson, NE vote on their preferred candidate for Mayor and other positions on the town council. The current mayor is Diane Smith who was elected in 2019 and will remain in her position until 2021. Her platform focuses primarily on improving public safety and economic development within the town. The town council is also responsible for deciding important issues such as taxation rates and zoning laws. As a result of these decisions and initiatives, 68637 Ericson, NE remains a safe and prosperous place to live despite its small size.
The political climate in Zip 68637 (Ericson, NE) is very conservative.
Wheeler County, NE is very conservative. In Wheeler County, NE 11.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 87.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wheeler county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 87.1% to 11.7%.
Wheeler county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 68637 (Ericson, NE) is very conservative.
Ericson, Nebraska is very conservative.
Wheeler 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.
Ericson, 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 68637 (Ericson)
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 9 contributions totaling $1,560 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $173 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)