The small town of Martell, NE (zip code 68404) is a picture of small-town Americana. Located on the eastern plains of Nebraska, the town has a population of just under 500 people. Despite its humble size, politics in Martell are an important part of life for its citizens. With Nebraska's partisan split favoring Republicans, the party dominates local politics and most elections go uncontested by Democrats. Local elections are usually dominated by Republican candidates running for mayor or city council positions as well as school board trustees and county commissioners. The local political landscape is also shaped by nonpartisan initiatives such as school bond issues and property tax levies that appear on municipal ballots each year. In addition to these initiatives, there are occasionally independently funded special interest campaigns that can influence the outcome of local elections as well. Despite their relatively small size in comparison to bigger cities, the politics in Martell, NE play a vital role in shaping the future of this small town.
The political climate in Zip 68404 (Martell, 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 68404 (Martell, NE) is leaning conservative.
Martell, 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.
Martell, 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 68404 (Martell)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 22 contributions totaling $3,416 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $260 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)