Benkelman, Nebraska has a small population of fewer than 1,000 people. Despite its small size, Benkelman is home to a vibrant political landscape. The City Council consists of five members who are democratically elected by the citizens of Benkelman and responsible for managing the city's finances and governing local laws. Moreover, the Mayor is elected every two years and acts as the chief executive officer of the City. Local elections regularly provide an opportunity for citizens to voice their opinion on who should represent them both locally and nationally.
The political climate in Benkelman, NE is strongly conservative.
Dundy County, NE is very conservative. In Dundy County, NE 10.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 88.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dundy county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 88.0% to 10.5%.
Dundy county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Benkelman, NE is strongly conservative.
Dundy County, Nebraska 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.
Benkelman, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Benkelman, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 90 contributions totaling $7,365 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 90 contributions totaling $11,094 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)