Milburn is a Republican stronghold. About 13% of voters here vote Democratic and 87% Republican.
About 86% of adults in Milburn typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Milburn, ~11% vote Democratic, ~75% Republican, and ~14% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Milburn compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Milburn leans more Republican than 6 of 9 neighbors.
Milburn runs about 53 points more Republican than Nebraska as a whole.
Why Milburn leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Milburn, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas with a high white share vote Republican. Milburn sits in the bottom quarter on density and about 94% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 6 points above the Nebraska average of 88%.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Milburn, NE sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.
Why turnout in Milburn looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 97% of adults in Milburn have completed high school, about 7 points above the U.S. average of 90%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Brewster, NE R+78
- Merna, NE R+75
- Dunning, NE R+81
- Taylor, NE R+72
- Sargent, NE R+73
- Broken Bow, NE R+59
- Weissert, NE R+69
Cities with Similar Populations
- Campbell, AL R+68
- Zook, KS R+59
- Camelot, TN R+71
- Claysville, IN R+64
- Gowdy, IN R+62
- Raft River, ID R+74
- Quiggleville, PA R+61
- Pungoteague, VA R+17
- Fort Clark, ND R+65
- Strawberry, CA R+4
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Nebraska Secretary of State, Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.
Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.
Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.