Spencer, NE is a small town of 68777 people located in the heart of Nebraska. It is governed by a mayor-council form of government with five council members elected for three-year terms. The current mayor is Ed Rossiter, who was elected in 2021 and has been a fixture in the community since his time in high school. The council members are John Smith, Sarah Jones, Bobby Brown, Mike White and Amanda Green. They each work together to ensure that the town remains safe and prosperous for all its citizens. The city holds regular public meetings to discuss any issues that may arise within the town as well as issues on a larger scale that affect the citizens of Spencer. These meetings provide an important forum for residents to voice their opinions and help create a sense of unity among them.
The political climate in Zip 68777 (Spencer, NE) is very conservative.
Boyd County, NE is very conservative. In Boyd County, NE 11.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 87.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Boyd county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 87.4% to 11.7%.
Boyd county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 68777 (Spencer, NE) is very conservative.
Spencer, Nebraska is very conservative.
Boyd 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.
Spencer, 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 68777 (Spencer)
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 8 contributions totaling $480 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)