La Vista, NE is a vibrant and thriving community located in 68128. Politically, the city is largely influenced by the nonpartisan mayor-council system of government. The mayor and six council members are elected to four-year terms. They are responsible for enacting laws and ordinances that govern the city. Additionally, they are responsible for providing municipal services such as police protection, fire fighting, garbage collection, sanitation services, water supply, public works projects and other related services. While La Vista does not have any local political candidates at this time, there are many opportunities for civic engagement that allow citizens to get involved in their local government. Residents can stay informed about their community issues through attending town hall meetings or joining a neighborhood watch group. With its strong sense of civic pride and commitment to community involvement, La Vista remains an ideal place to call home and get involved politically.
The political climate in Zip 68128 (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
Zip 68128 (La Vista, NE) is leaning conservative.
La Vista, Nebraska 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 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 68128 (La Vista)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 298 contributions totaling $34,292 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 69 contributions totaling $14,664 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $213 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)