The city of Omaha, Nebraska (68130) is home to a diverse and vibrant political landscape. Omaha is governed by a mayor-council government with the mayor being the executive branch and the city council comprising the legislative branch. The Mayor of Omaha is Jean Stothert who was elected in 2013, while there are seven City Council members who were elected from each of Omaha's seven City Council districts. The Nebraska Legislature also has representation from six state senators representing six districts in Douglas County which Omaha is located in. On the national level, all of Omaha falls into Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District which is currently represented by Don Bacon in the US House of Representatives. All politics in Omaha are rooted in serving their citizens and their communities and ensuring everyone remains informed about what happens at all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 68130 (Omaha, NE) is leaning 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 68130 (Omaha, NE) is leaning liberal.
Omaha, Nebraska is leaning 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 68130 (Omaha)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 709 contributions totaling $97,858 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 473 contributions totaling $242,025 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $512 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)