Dodge County, Nebraska is a small rural county with a population of just over 11,000. Despite its small size, the residents of Dodge County are highly engaged in local politics. During elections, the people of Dodge County come out and support their local candidates who focus on issues such as improving infrastructure and providing more resources to their communities. Residents often attend debates and forums to hear directly from the candidates about their views on various issues that affect the county. Local leaders have worked hard to ensure that everyone has a voice in deciding who will lead the county and make decisions on their behalf. With passionate voters and strong candidates, Dodge County is a great example of how engaging with politics can help make sure everybody's needs are considered when making decisions that affect them all.
The political climate in Dodge County, NE is very conservative.
In Dodge County, NE 32.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dodge county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.8% to 32.7%.
Dodge county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dodge County, NE is very conservative.
Fremont Metro Area is very 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.
Dodge, 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 Dodge County, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 810 contributions totaling $64,611 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 465 contributions totaling $64,809 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)