68866 Pleasanton, NE is a small rural town located in the Nebraska Sandhills. Despite its size, the community has been incredibly active in local politics. With a population of just over 1,000 people, voter turnout is high and residents take great pride in being engaged politically. In recent years, issues such as taxes and education have been discussed at local debates and town meetings. Many local candidates have stood for office as well, offering their perspectives on how to best protect the interests of Pleasanton citizens. The town also makes it a priority to stay up-to-date with political news from the state government and beyond. Overall, 68866 Pleasanton is an active and engaged community when it comes to politics.
The political climate in Zip 68866 (Pleasanton, NE) is very conservative.
Buffalo County, NE is very conservative. In Buffalo County, NE 26.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Buffalo county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.2% to 26.8%.
Buffalo county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 68866 (Pleasanton, NE) is very conservative.
Pleasanton, Nebraska is very conservative.
Buffalo County, Nebraska is very conservative.
Kearney Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Pleasanton, 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 68866 (Pleasanton)
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 5 contributions totaling $168 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)