Merriman, Nebraska is a small town located in Cherry County with an estimated population of 212 people. Although the population is small, Merriman is home to many active political candidates and campaigns. The city's mayoral election season is often a lively affair, with several candidates vying for the job each year. In addition, there are several other local positions up for grabs such as City Council Member and County Commissioner that draw in a number of eager candidates. The residents of Merriman take great pride in their civic engagement, and they always turn out in high numbers to cast their ballot during elections. Ultimately, it's clear that politics and government play a vital role in this close-knit community.
The political climate in Zip 69218 (Merriman, NE) is strongly conservative.
Cherry County, NE is very conservative. In Cherry County, NE 11.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 87.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cherry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 87.0% to 11.4%.
Cherry county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 69218 (Merriman, NE) is strongly conservative.
Merriman, Nebraska is strongly conservative.
Cherry 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.
Merriman, 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 69218 (Merriman)
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 $800 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $133 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)