La Vista, NE is a vibrant mid-sized city located in Sarpy County. It is home to many businesses, parks and recreational activities, as well as being an active and engaged community when it comes to politics. La Vista residents take part in the political process by voting in local elections for candidates who they feel will best represent their needs and desires. In addition, La Vista encourages civic engagement through various initiatives such as voter education campaigns, public forums hosted by elected officials, and outreach programs that bring people together to discuss important topics such as budgeting and taxation. Through these efforts, La Vista residents are able to better understand the issues facing their community and make informed decisions about how to vote in local elections.
The political climate in La Vista, NE is leaning conservative.
Sarpy County, NE is somewhat conservative. In Sarpy County, NE 42.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sarpy county remained strongly Republican, 54.0% to 42.8%.
Sarpy county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
La Vista, NE is leaning conservative.
Sarpy County, Nebraska is somewhat 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.
La Vista, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 La Vista, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,291 contributions totaling $115,380 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 747 contributions totaling $326,911 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $438 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)