The small town of South Bend, NE is located in the northeast corner of Nebraska and is part of Dodge County. It has an estimated population of 68058 people and is served by a mayor-council government. The Mayor serves as the chief executive officer and is responsible for overseeing the day to day operations of the city while the City Council makes policy decisions that impact residents. The current Mayor is John Marshall who was elected in 2008 and re-elected in 2012 and 2016. He has made it a priority to build a vibrant community with strong economic development, educational opportunities, infrastructure improvements, and recreational activities for all residents. There have been several local elections for both City Council positions as well as school board members over the years. The most recent election was in 2019 where two candidates were running for City Council seats. In addition, there are also state level political races occurring every two years where Nebraskans select their representatives. South Bend residents take an active role in their community politics, electing officials they believe will best represent them at all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 68058 (South Bend, NE) is strongly conservative.
Cass County, NE is very conservative. In Cass County, NE 30.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cass county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.0% to 30.9%.
Cass county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 68058 (South Bend, NE) is strongly conservative.
South Bend, Nebraska is strongly conservative.
Cass County, Nebraska is very conservative.
Omaha-Council Bluffs Metro Area is leaning 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.
South Bend, 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 68058 (South Bend)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 85 contributions totaling $3,045 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $2,930 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)