Omaha, Nebraska's zip code 68114 is located in the southwest corner of Omaha. It consists mostly of residential neighborhoods and a few small businesses. Politically, this area tends to lean Democratic with most residents voting for Democratic candidates in local and national elections. Many of the local issues that are important to this area include affordable housing, public safety, and infrastructure investment. The City Council has worked hard to create a better quality of life for all who live in this neighborhood by creating initiatives such as a housing trust fund, investing in public safety programs, and working on infrastructure improvements such as sidewalk maintenance. Additionally, they have advocated for issues that are important to the community such as increases in minimum wage, creating a safe environment for minorities and LGBTQ communities, and investing more resources into education. The City Council has strived to bring together diverse voices from the community so that their goals can be realized.
The political climate in Zip 68114 (Omaha, NE) is somewhat liberal.
Douglas County, NE is somewhat liberal. In Douglas County, NE 54.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Douglas county remained strongly Democratic, 54.4% to 43.1%.
Douglas county voted Democratic in 2020, 2016 and 2008, and voted Republican in 2012, 2004 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 68114 (Omaha, NE) is somewhat liberal.
Omaha, Nebraska is somewhat liberal.
Douglas County, Nebraska is somewhat liberal.
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.
Omaha, 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 68114 (Omaha)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,957 contributions totaling $1,073,120 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $548 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 939 contributions totaling $385,802 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $411 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)