The politics in 68764 Orchard, NE are strongly influenced by the community's rural setting and close-knit culture. The close-knit nature of the community has made it difficult for local political candidates to gain traction, as many residents have long-standing relationships with their current representatives. Consequently, most elections tend to be uncontested or only feature a single candidate running for office. However, despite this lack of competition, the residents of 68764 Orchard take their civic duty very seriously and turn out to vote in high numbers during each election cycle.
The political climate in Zip 68764 (Orchard, NE) is very conservative.
Antelope County, NE is very conservative. In Antelope County, NE 12.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Antelope county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.2% to 12.6%.
Antelope county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 68764 (Orchard, NE) is very conservative.
Orchard, Nebraska is very conservative.
Antelope 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.
Orchard, 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 68764 (Orchard)
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 2 contributions totaling $200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)