Merna, Nebraska is a small rural community located in Custer County. It has a population of about 743 people, who are served by an elected mayor and five city council members representing two wards. In terms of local politics, Merna focuses on making sure the needs of its citizens are met and that the city runs smoothly. The current mayor is John Smith, who was elected in 2017 and seeks to improve the quality of life for all Mernans. He has worked to bring more jobs to the area, increase funding for schools and infrastructure projects, and attract new businesses. The city council works closely with him to ensure that these goals are achieved while still maintaining fiscal responsibility. All city council members are dedicated to serving their constituents’ needs and working together to create a better future for Merna.
The political climate in Zip 68856 (Merna, NE) is very conservative.
Custer County, NE is very conservative. In Custer County, NE 13.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Custer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.7% to 13.1%.
Custer county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 68856 (Merna, NE) is very conservative.
Merna, Nebraska is very conservative.
Custer 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.
Merna, 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 68856 (Merna)
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 6 contributions totaling $1,200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)