Offutt AFB, NE is located in Sarpy County and is home to the 55th Wing of the United States Air Force. The county is part of the 2nd Congressional District represented by Don Bacon, who is a Republican running for re-election in 2020. Although Offutt AFB itself is not an incorporated city, its population of 11,746 makes it a significant part of the larger Omaha metropolitan area. This area has long been a center of political and economic activity in Nebraska with both Democrats and Republicans vying for control over local seats. In recent years, many Republican candidates have won elections after adopting popular positions on topics such as taxes and job creation. With military personnel making up a large portion of the population, Offutt AFB remains an important place where voting can make a difference in national politics.
The political climate in Zip 68113 (Offutt AFB, 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 68113 (Offutt AFB, NE) is leaning conservative.
Offutt AFB, 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.
Offutt AFB, 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 68113 (Offutt AFB)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $252 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 44 contributions totaling $5,381 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $122 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)