Thurston, Nebraska is an unincorporated community in Burt County located along the Missouri river. In Thurston, the locals are served by a village board, which consists of five members elected by the people. The village board sets local laws and regulations, allocates funding for public services, and works to ensure that Thurston citizens have access to quality services like fire protection and street maintenance. Additionally, the village board is responsible for deciding how to use tax dollars to improve Thurston’s quality of life and keep it a safe place for its citizens. Although there are no current political candidates from Thurston running in statewide or national elections, the local government still plays an important role in ensuring that Thurston is kept running smoothly by addressing local issues through their initiatives.
The political climate in Zip 68062 (Thurston, NE) is somewhat conservative.
Thurston County, NE is leaning conservative. In Thurston County, NE 47.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Thurston county remained narrowly Republican, 49.6% to 47.2%.
Thurston county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 68062 (Thurston, NE) is somewhat conservative.
Thurston, Nebraska is somewhat conservative.
Thurston County, Nebraska is leaning 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.
Thurston, Nebraska: r d d D 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 68062 (Thurston)
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 $2,265 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $566 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)