Shelby, Nebraska is a small town in Wheeler County with a population of just under 700 people. It is a tight-knit community that is governed by the local government body. The local political environment in Shelby consists of both nonpartisan and partisan offices such as county commissioner, county treasurer, road superintendent, sheriff and register of deeds. Residents in Shelby participate in elections to determine which candidates will serve the citizens best. Recently, some of the candidates running for positions have included Bart Strong for County Commissioner and Diane Hunter for County Treasurer. Members of Shelby are encouraged to stay informed and up-to-date on the current issues affecting their town so they can make informed decisions when it comes to voting for their local government officials.
The political climate in Zip 68662 (Shelby, NE) is very conservative.
Polk County, NE is very conservative. In Polk County, NE 18.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Polk county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.4% to 18.4%.
Polk county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 68662 (Shelby, NE) is very conservative.
Shelby, Nebraska is very conservative.
Polk 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.
Shelby, 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 68662 (Shelby)
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 5 contributions totaling $1,101 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $220 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)