Oakland, NE is a small city located in the Midwest region of the United States. It has a population of approximately 5,000 people and is primarily a rural farming community. The political landscape of Oakland is dominated by Republican candidates and conservatives, though there are some progressive-minded citizens who strive to make their voices heard. In recent years, Oakland has seen an increase in voter turnout due to efforts from local organizations aimed at engaging the community with their local political candidates. Currently, there are several local candidates running for office in Oakland who represent both major parties as well as independent candidates. These local politicians have come together to work on projects that benefit the residents of Oakland, such as clean energy initiatives and improvements to infrastructure. Overall, Oakland’s politics focus largely on finding solutions that will help protect the environment and ensure that its residents have access to quality education and health care services.
The political climate in Oakland, NE is strongly conservative.
Burt County, NE is very conservative. In Burt County, NE 28.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Burt county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.0% to 28.4%.
Burt county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Oakland, NE is strongly conservative.
Burt County, Nebraska 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.
Oakland, 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 Oakland, NE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $423 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $10,040 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $502 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)