The city of Memphis, Nebraska is a small town located in Saunders County with a population of around 500 people. Politics in the 68042 area are mainly focused on the local level, as there are no major state or national political candidates representing the town. Local elections are held every two years for Mayor and City Council positions, which focus on issues such as infrastructure improvements, education, economic growth and job creation. Citizens of Memphis take great pride in their town and have high hopes that new initiatives will help it to continue to grow. The city has recently seen some positive changes due to new investments from businesses and community members alike. With its friendly atmosphere and strong sense of community involvement, Memphis is an exciting place to be politically active!
The political climate in Zip 68042 (Memphis, NE) is very conservative.
Saunders County, NE is very conservative. In Saunders County, NE 26.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Saunders county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.2% to 26.1%.
Saunders county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 68042 (Memphis, NE) is very conservative.
Memphis, Nebraska is very conservative.
Saunders County, Nebraska is very conservative.
Omaha-Council Bluffs Metro Area is leaning 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.
Memphis, 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 68042 (Memphis)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)