Holdrege, Nebraska is a small city with a close-knit community that is passionate about politics and local governance. The city is governed by a nonpartisan mayor-council system, and local political candidates are elected every two years on a non-partisan basis. The mayor of Holdrege is responsible for the general oversight of the city’s affairs and works with their council to make decisions regarding economic development, infrastructure improvements, public safety, and other issues. The current mayor of Holdrege is Sam Collins who was first elected in 2018. In addition to the Mayor’s Office, Holdrege also has five City Council Members who are responsible for making sure that the laws are followed and that the community remains safe and prosperous. Local elections take place every two years with residents voting for their choice candidates at the polls. It is important to note that all local elections are non-partisan in nature as political affiliations do not play a role in any of these races; instead, voters focus on issues directly impacting their community when casting their ballots.
The political climate in Zip 68949 (Holdrege, NE) is strongly conservative.
Phelps County, NE is very conservative. In Phelps County, NE 15.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Phelps county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.8% to 15.0%.
Phelps county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 68949 (Holdrege, NE) is strongly conservative.
Holdrege, Nebraska is strongly conservative.
Phelps 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.
Holdrege, 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 68949 (Holdrege)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 184 contributions totaling $7,103 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 130 contributions totaling $32,751 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $252 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)