Lincoln, Nebraska is the capital of Nebraska and has a population of about 282,719 people. The local government is composed of an elected mayor and eight city council members, each representing one of the eight wards in the city. As part of their duties, they are responsible for the enforcement of laws and for creating policies that address issues in the Lincoln community. Locally elected representatives have been instrumental in tackling issues such as poverty, homelessness, crime prevention, public safety and infrastructure improvement. The current mayor is Leirion Gaylor Baird who was first elected in 2019. The city council has an ongoing commitment to addressing quality-of-life issues for all residents by providing services such as parks and recreation programs, educational services, health care access and support for diverse populations.
The political climate in Zip 68502 (Lincoln, NE) is leaning liberal.
Lancaster County, NE is leaning liberal. In Lancaster County, NE 52.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lancaster county remained moderately Democratic, 52.3% to 44.6%.
Lancaster county voted Democratic in 2020, 2016 and 2008, and voted Republican in 2012, 2004 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 68502 (Lincoln, NE) is leaning liberal.
Lincoln, Nebraska is leaning liberal.
Lancaster County, Nebraska is leaning liberal.
Lincoln Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Lincoln, Nebraska: R R d r d d
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 68502 (Lincoln)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,271 contributions totaling $720,411 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $220 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 352 contributions totaling $314,123 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $892 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)