The town of Fairfield, Nebraska is a small rural community nestled away in the Sandhills region of NE. With a population of 689, this tight-knit town is served by a mayor and five-member city council. The politics of Fairfield are generally very conservative, with most residents voting Republican in presidential elections. While there may not be many local political candidates running for office in Fairfield, the issues that are important to the citizens are highly valued. These include keeping taxes low, investing in infrastructure and services such as waste disposal and water treatment, and promoting economic development initiatives. The people of Fairfield take pride in their community and are always looking for ways to make it better.
The political climate in Zip 68938 (Fairfield, NE) is very conservative.
Clay County, NE is very conservative. In Clay County, NE 17.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clay county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.8% to 17.7%.
Clay county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 68938 (Fairfield, NE) is very conservative.
Fairfield, Nebraska is very conservative.
Clay 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.
Fairfield, 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 68938 (Fairfield)
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 17 contributions totaling $868 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)