Schuyler, NE is a small city located in Colfax County. With a population of 6,099, it is known for its strong sense of community and its people’s involvement in local politics. Each year, many residents from Schulyer participate in the election process by voting for local political representatives. Over the years, many candidates have been running for different offices including mayor, city council members and school board members. These candidates bring different ideas and approaches to their respective positions and strive to make Schulyer a better place to live. They all have different views on how to improve the quality of life for all citizens of Schulyer and they take part in debates and forums to give the citizens insight into their platforms. As such, it is important that residents of Schuyler take an active role in politics by being well informed about these candidates’ stances on key issues that affect the city.
The political climate in Zip 68661 (Schuyler, NE) is strongly conservative.
Colfax County, NE is very conservative. In Colfax County, NE 27.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Colfax county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.7% to 27.5%.
Colfax county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 68661 (Schuyler, NE) is strongly conservative.
Schuyler, Nebraska is strongly conservative.
Colfax 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.
Schuyler, 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 68661 (Schuyler)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 24 contributions totaling $10,197 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $425 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 80 contributions totaling $4,494 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)