Lawrence, NE is a small town located in Nebraska with a population of 68957. It is governed by a mayor who was elected through the local political process. The town also has several other elected officials such as city councilors and supervisors who are responsible for making decisions that benefit the community. Lawrence residents have the right to vote for who they want to represent them in local politics, which allows them to hold their representatives accountable for their actions. Furthermore, there are many avenues available to civic-minded individuals to participate in local politics; from attending public meetings and volunteering on campaigns, to participating in voter registration drives and advocating for policies that will improve the quality of life in Lawrence. All these initiatives aim to keep Lawrence functioning as a strong community and ensure that its citizens remain engaged and informed about what’s going on around them.
The political climate in Zip 68957 (Lawrence, NE) is very conservative.
Nuckolls County, NE is very conservative. In Nuckolls County, NE 17.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Nuckolls county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.6% to 17.7%.
Nuckolls county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 68957 (Lawrence, NE) is very conservative.
Lawrence, Nebraska is very conservative.
Nuckolls 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.
Lawrence, 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 68957 (Lawrence)
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 1 contributions totaling $2,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,000 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)