The small town of 68448 Talmage, NE is largely rural and conservative. There are no current political candidates in the area, but there have been several recent political campaigns related to local issues such as taxes, education, and infrastructure. The lack of population in the area has limited the amount of attention given to local politics by outside sources. The few members of Talmage's government that do exist hold steadfastly to their conservative values and are often quite vocal about them. Despite this, the people of Talmage remain friendly and welcoming to visitors from all backgrounds or beliefs.
The political climate in Zip 68448 (Talmage, NE) is very conservative.
Otoe County, NE is very conservative. In Otoe County, NE 29.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Otoe county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.6% to 29.8%.
Otoe county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 68448 (Talmage, NE) is very conservative.
Talmage, Nebraska is very conservative.
Otoe 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.
Talmage, 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 68448 (Talmage)
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 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)