Malcolm, NE is a small town located in Lancaster County and has a population of around 1,100 people. The town is served by the Malcolm School District which includes one elementary school, one middle school, and one high school. In terms of local politics, the town is governed by a mayor and four city council members who are all elected from the citizens residing in Malcolm. The current mayor is Marge Smith and she has served as mayor since 2015. All of the City Council members are dedicated to working together to create a better future for Malcolm and its residents. They focus on initiatives such as improving infrastructure, increasing economic development opportunities, and promoting education within the community. The political atmosphere in Malcolm is friendly and open to conversation between elected officials and their constituents.
The political climate in Zip 68402 (Malcolm, NE) is leaning conservative.
Lancaster County, NE is leaning liberal. In Lancaster County, NE 52.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lancaster county remained moderately Democratic, 52.3% to 44.6%.
Lancaster county voted Democratic in 2020, 2016 and 2008, and voted Republican in 2012, 2004 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 68402 (Malcolm, NE) is leaning conservative.
Malcolm, Nebraska is leaning conservative.
Lancaster County, Nebraska is leaning liberal.
Lincoln Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Malcolm, Nebraska: R R d r d d
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 68402 (Malcolm)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 53 contributions totaling $3,415 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $2,185 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $273 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)