The small town of Wakefield, Nebraska (ZIP code 68784) is located in Dixon County and has a population of around 1,000 people. Despite its small size, Wakefield is an active community with many local political issues facing its citizens. In particular, the town often grapples with questions of public safety, infrastructure development, and environmental protection. At the local level, Wakefield is represented by a mayor and four city council members who are elected to two-year terms. These officials are responsible for making decisions that affect the daily lives of Wakefield citizens. They work to ensure the city provides essential services such as police protection, firefighting services, road maintenance, and water systems management. As part of their duties, they also strive to create a strong economic climate for the city by attracting businesses and encouraging growth in all areas of business. The Mayor and City Council work together to ensure that Wakefield residents have access to quality services while preserving the character of the town.
The political climate in Zip 68784 (Wakefield, NE) is very conservative.
Dixon County, NE is very conservative. In Dixon County, NE 21.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dixon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.5% to 21.0%.
Dixon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 68784 (Wakefield, NE) is very conservative.
Wakefield, Nebraska is very conservative.
Dixon County, Nebraska is very 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.
Wakefield, 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 68784 (Wakefield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $175 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $19 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 26 contributions totaling $1,021 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)