York, Nebraska is a small city with a population of approximately 6,000 people. The city is governed by an elected mayor and six City Council members. The Mayor and the Council are responsible for working together to ensure the sound financial health of the city, as well as enacting legislation in support of York's citizens. Each year, residents have the opportunity to vote on local political candidates who represent their views and interests in government. Current local leaders include Mayor Thomas Brossart-Petersen, who has been in office since 2012, and Council Members Tim Wells, Cheryl Blumenshine, Jason Blackwood, Gail Wishard-Hudson, Joni Kueser and Joe Humphrey. These candidates strive to make York an even better place to live by advocating for public safety initiatives such as better police protection and firefighting services. They also work to attract new businesses to the area while preserving the rural charm that makes York unique.
The political climate in Zip 68467 (York, NE) is strongly conservative.
York County, NE is very conservative. In York County, NE 22.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, York county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.5% to 22.8%.
York county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 68467 (York, NE) is strongly conservative.
York, Nebraska is strongly conservative.
York 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.
York, 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 68467 (York)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 142 contributions totaling $5,027 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 148 contributions totaling $14,421 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)