The small town of Indianola, NE (zip code 69034) is located in Red Willow County and is part of the larger North Platte Metropolitan Statistical Area. As a relatively small community, Indianola's politics are often centered around local issues such as improving infrastructure and enhancing public safety. The city has a nonpartisan government with two separate boards - one for the City Council and one for the Board of Education. The members of both these boards are elected by residents to serve three year terms. Currently, the mayor is Terry Schwarz and the current council members are Linda Baler, Melinda Ondracek, and Trent Lauer. Each board member works hard to ensure that Indianola remains an active and vibrant community for its residents while making sure the city's limited budget is used efficiently.
The political climate in Zip 69034 (Indianola, NE) is very conservative.
Red Willow County, NE is very conservative. In Red Willow County, NE 14.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Red Willow county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.7% to 14.8%.
Red Willow county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 69034 (Indianola, NE) is very conservative.
Indianola, Nebraska is very conservative.
Red Willow 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.
Indianola, 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 69034 (Indianola)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $550 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $500 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)