The small town of Marquette, Nebraska is located in the 68854 zip code and is home to a vibrant and engaged community. The town is governed by a mayor-council form of government, with three council members elected at large from the population. The current mayor is John Frink, who has held office since 2011. He is joined by Council Members Darcie Hamburg, Bobbi Stec, and Megan Miller who were all elected in 2019. The town prides itself on its commitment to open communication between its citizens and their local representatives. Community involvement can be seen in events such as weekly town hall meetings where residents have an opportunity to voice their opinions on issues that impact them. Overall, Marquette provides citizens with a number of opportunities to get involved in local politics through civic activities or political organizations.
The political climate in Zip 68854 (Marquette, NE) is very conservative.
Hamilton County, NE is very conservative. In Hamilton County, NE 20.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hamilton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.4% to 20.1%.
Hamilton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 68854 (Marquette, NE) is very conservative.
Marquette, Nebraska is very conservative.
Hamilton County, Nebraska is very conservative.
Grand Island Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Marquette, 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 68854 (Marquette)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 57 contributions totaling $5,090 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $3,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $333 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)