The town of Seneca, NE is a small, rural community located in the heart of Nebraska's Platte River Valley. With a population of just over 500 people, Seneca is governed by a mayor and six city council members who are elected every four years. The mayor makes sure all laws and regulations are enforced, while the council members represent their constituents, which includes deciding on matters such as taxation and zoning. In addition to the mayor and council members, there are several other local government roles that help ensure the town runs smoothly. These include the police chief, fire chief, public works director and deputy clerk – all of whom work together with the mayor to make decisions for citizens of Seneca. As an important part of Nebraska politics, residents of Seneca also have access to local representatives in both state and national government offices.
The political climate in Zip 69161 (Seneca, NE) is very conservative.
Thomas County, NE is very conservative. In Thomas County, NE 10.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 88.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Thomas county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 88.3% to 10.5%.
Thomas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 69161 (Seneca, NE) is very conservative.
Seneca, Nebraska is very conservative.
Thomas 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.
Seneca, 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 69161 (Seneca)
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 4 contributions totaling $2,310 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $578 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)