Nebraska is a state in the Midwestern United States, located between the Great Plains and the Missouri River. It is home to a diverse population of people from different backgrounds and cultures. Nebraska is historically known for its traditional politics, with a focus on agriculture and conservative values. The state's government is composed of three branches: executive, judicial, and legislative. The legislature consists of two houses — a unicameral Nebraska Legislature — which make up the laws that govern Nebraska. Local elections are held every four years for offices such as mayor, city council, county commission, school board, and other local positions. Political campaigns tend to be very competitive in Nebraska due to its politically-involved citizens. Nebraskans take pride in their state’s politics and are usually passionate about engaging in the political process through voting and speaking out their opinions.
The political climate in Nebraska is moderately conservative.
In Nebraska 39.2% of the people voted for the Democratic Party in the last presidential election, 58.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted for an Independent Party.
In the last Presidential election, Nebraska remained very strongly Republican, 58.2% to 39.2%.
Nebraska voted Republican in the previous six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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.
Nebraska, 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 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 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Nebraska
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 59,313 contributions totaling $9,021,086 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $152 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23,257 contributions totaling $15,165,260 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $652 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)