Red Cloud, NE is a small town located in Webster County, Nebraska, with a population of around 68970 people. The city is well known for its traditional values and strong sense of community. Locally, the city is served by its mayor and five-member City Council in order to govern and provide essential services such as police, fire protection, water/sewer services, and public works. The political candidates running for office in this town are representatives from both the Democrat and Republican parties who share their respective party’s principles regarding taxation, economic policy, healthcare reform, education reform, and other important issues that affect the current state of affairs within Red Cloud. Residents of Red Cloud have the opportunity to participate in local politics by voting in elections as well as being informed on political matters affecting their community.
The political climate in Zip 68970 (Red Cloud, NE) is very conservative.
Webster County, NE is very conservative. In Webster County, NE 17.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Webster county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.5% to 17.9%.
Webster county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 68970 (Red Cloud, NE) is very conservative.
Red Cloud, Nebraska is very conservative.
Webster 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.
Red Cloud, 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 68970 (Red Cloud)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $1,115 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)