The politics in 68038 Lyons, NE involve a variety of local and state-level issues that are important to the community. The Omaha Metro Area is represented by a single congressional district and is part of the state’s 2nd Congressional District. The state legislature is made up of two senators and three representatives in the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature. Local politics are typically focused on city-level issues such as public safety, infrastructure, economic development, and zoning regulations. In Lyons, the mayor and city council are responsible for setting local policy and overseeing municipal operations. There are also various mayors’ committees and task forces to ensure that citizens’ voices are heard when it comes to decision-making within the city. As this small town continues to grow, its residents will have an increasingly important role in shaping local policymaking decisions in their area.
The political climate in Zip 68038 (Lyons, NE) is very conservative.
Burt County, NE is very conservative. In Burt County, NE 28.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Burt county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.0% to 28.4%.
Burt county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 68038 (Lyons, NE) is very conservative.
Lyons, Nebraska is very conservative.
Burt County, Nebraska is very conservative.
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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.
Lyons, 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 68038 (Lyons)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 68 contributions totaling $6,945 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $1,146 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)