68776 South Sioux City, NE is an area with a rich political history. Located in Dakota County, the city is home to 11,400 people. Despite its size, the city has been active in local politics since its founding. The current mayor of the town is Chris Beutler who was first elected in 2010 and has held the position ever since. Local elections for different positions occur every two years and it is important for South Sioux City residents to stay up to date on the latest candidates and their platforms. Recently, citizens have been involved in various debates around taxes, infrastructure funding, public safety initiatives, and much more. Participating in local politics helps ensure that everyone's views are heard and respected as decisions are made that affect the entire community.
The political climate in Zip 68776 (South Sioux City, NE) is somewhat conservative.
Dakota County, NE is moderately conservative. In Dakota County, NE 40.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dakota county remained very strongly Republican, 57.6% to 40.3%.
Dakota county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 68776 (South Sioux City, NE) is somewhat conservative.
South Sioux City, Nebraska is somewhat conservative.
Dakota County, Nebraska is moderately conservative.
Sioux City Metro Area is strongly 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 Sioux City, 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 68776 (South Sioux City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 92 contributions totaling $12,740 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 29 contributions totaling $3,608 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)