Petersburg, Nebraska is a small rural town located in the Midwestern United States. It has a population of around 800 people and is governed by a mayor-council system. The current mayor of Petersburg is Greg Burda, who has been in office since 2010. He was elected on a platform of improving infrastructure, creating jobs, and bringing economic growth to the area. In addition to the mayor, there are four city council members who help shape policy and oversee day-to-day operations in Petersburg. The city council works hard to ensure that local residents have access to reliable services such as utilities, public safety initiatives, and community development programs. Through their efforts, they strive to make Petersburg a great place to live and work for its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 68652 (Petersburg, NE) is very conservative.
Boone County, NE is very conservative. In Boone County, NE 15.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Boone county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.2% to 15.5%.
Boone county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 68652 (Petersburg, NE) is very conservative.
Petersburg, Nebraska is very conservative.
Boone 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.
Petersburg, 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 68652 (Petersburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 47 contributions totaling $676 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $14 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $4,105 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $187 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)