Lincoln, NE 68521 is a vibrant city that is full of political activity. Every election cycle brings forth exciting contests between local politicians seeking to serve their community. Lincoln is home to several highly contested races for the City Council and Mayor, with candidates offering different perspectives on a wide range of issues. Neighborhoods are vocal in their support of individual candidates, showing up to public meetings and events to make their voices heard. The city also has an engaged electorate, with citizens voting in high numbers for state and federal elections. There is no shortage of political energy in Lincoln, NE 68521!
The political climate in Zip 68521 (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 68521 (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 68521 (Lincoln)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,895 contributions totaling $37,674 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $20 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 177 contributions totaling $14,612 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)