The small town of Orleans, NE (68966) is a tight-knit community with a rich history and strong sense of local pride. Located in south central Nebraska, the town is governed by a mayor and council elected by the citizens. Local politics are an important part of life in Orleans, with residents actively engaged in conversations about issues such as taxes, infrastructure improvements, and community development projects. Every two years citizens come together to elect a new mayor and three council members who will work together to represent their interests. The current administration has worked hard to ensure that the needs of its citizens are met while providing sound fiscal management of public funds. Voters in Orleans take their role in local politics seriously, and have made it clear that they expect their elected officials to be accountable for their decisions and actions.
The political climate in Zip 68966 (Orleans, NE) is very conservative.
Harlan County, NE is very conservative. In Harlan County, NE 14.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Harlan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.5% to 14.6%.
Harlan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 68966 (Orleans, NE) is very conservative.
Orleans, Nebraska is very conservative.
Harlan 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.
Orleans, 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 68966 (Orleans)
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 13 contributions totaling $1,025 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)