68788 West Point, NE is a small rural town located in the northeast corner of Nebraska. It is home to just over 6,000 citizens who take pride in their small-town culture and values. The local politics of this area are focused on issues such as education, economic development, and infrastructure improvements. The county board has representatives from each of the villages within West Point. They work with the citizens to ensure that all needs are met and that decisions are made that benefit the entire community. Local elections are held every two years for mayor, city council members, and other elected officials who serve as stewards for the town's growth and development. In addition to supporting their own leaders, residents also focus on supporting state-level politicians who advocate for causes important to West Point's citizens.
The political climate in Zip 68788 (West Point, NE) is very conservative.
Cuming County, NE is very conservative. In Cuming County, NE 19.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cuming county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.6% to 19.5%.
Cuming county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 68788 (West Point, NE) is very conservative.
West Point, Nebraska is very conservative.
Cuming 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.
West Point, 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 68788 (West Point)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $2,346 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $261 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 31 contributions totaling $5,133 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $166 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)