The city of Omaha, Nebraska is located in zip code 68105 and is a thriving metropolitan area with a wide array of political representation. Politically speaking, Omaha is part of the 2nd Congressional District, which is currently represented by Don Bacon in the House of Representatives and Deb Fischer in the Senate. On the local level, Omaha has a nonpartisan mayor-council type government composed of three elected commissioners and an appointed city manager. While elections for these positions are held regularly, citizens also have access to multiple grassroots organizations that advocate for various political causes, from environmental protection to civil rights. In addition to these initiatives, there are many established political parties that have their own agendas and activities within the city, all working together to ensure that Omaha remains a vibrant community with strong democratic representation.
The political climate in Zip 68105 (Omaha, NE) is somewhat liberal.
Douglas County, NE is somewhat liberal. In Douglas County, NE 54.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Douglas county remained strongly Democratic, 54.4% to 43.1%.
Douglas county voted Democratic in 2020, 2016 and 2008, and voted Republican in 2012, 2004 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 68105 (Omaha, NE) is somewhat liberal.
Omaha, Nebraska is somewhat liberal.
Douglas County, Nebraska is somewhat liberal.
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.
Omaha, 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 68105 (Omaha)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 805 contributions totaling $75,401 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 99 contributions totaling $34,539 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $349 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)