Aurora, NE is a small town located in Hamilton County with a population of just over 2,000 people. The area is known for its rural charm and friendly residents. Politics in Aurora are presided over by the local City Council, which consists of seven members elected every two years by the citizens of Aurora. Representation on the Council is divided between the major parties, with the Mayor serving as a nonpartisan leader. In addition to the City Council, Aurora has a number of other representatives in state and federal government. State representatives include Senator Kate Bolz and Representative Tom Brandt. At the federal level, Senator Ben Sasse and Representative Jeff Fortenberry both represent Aurora residents in Congress. All of these elected officials work together to help ensure that the interests and concerns of Aurora citizens are heard at all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 68818 (Aurora, NE) is very conservative.
Hamilton County, NE is very conservative. In Hamilton County, NE 20.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hamilton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.4% to 20.1%.
Hamilton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 68818 (Aurora, NE) is very conservative.
Aurora, Nebraska is very conservative.
Hamilton County, Nebraska is very conservative.
Grand Island Metro Area 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.
Aurora, 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 68818 (Aurora)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21 contributions totaling $4,341 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $207 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 143 contributions totaling $37,310 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $261 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)