68008 Blair, Nebraska is a small city located in Washington County. Although the city is small, it still has an active political environment. Residents of 68008 Blair have several options when it comes to local politics. The city is part of the legislative district that elects two senators and four representatives to the Nebraska unicameral legislature. Additionally, 68008 Blair's citizens are active participants in local elections for city council members, mayor, school board members, and other local offices. Local political candidates often hold town hall meetings and debates to discuss issues that are important to the community such as public safety, education funding, infrastructure improvements, economic development and more. All residents of 68008 Blair are encouraged to take part in their local political process by voting in elections, attending discussions with local candidates and expressing their opinions on issues that matter most to them.
The political climate in Zip 68008 (Blair, NE) is strongly conservative.
Washington County, NE is very conservative. In Washington County, NE 28.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.8% to 28.5%.
Washington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 68008 (Blair, NE) is strongly conservative.
Blair, Nebraska is strongly conservative.
Washington County, Nebraska is very 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.
Blair, 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 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 68008 (Blair)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 563 contributions totaling $24,510 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 192 contributions totaling $45,709 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $238 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)