Gretna, Nebraska is a small city located in Sarpy County and has a population of approximately 6,000 people. It operates under a mayor-council form of government with the current mayor being Mark Elworth Jr. The five-member City Council is composed of President Curt Arlt, Vice President Jack Spirk, Treasurer Thomas Wenzlick and members Jake Schmid and Nikkie Allington. Gretna has had two elections since 2015 when the current mayor was elected to office. During these elections, the citizens voted on constitutional amendments such as term limits for elected office holders and general government policies related to public safety, infrastructure projects and economic development initiatives. Voters also decided on local property taxes that fund vital services such as parks and recreation programs as well as public works projects like street repairs. Furthermore, candidates for City Council are chosen by the residents who live within each ward of the city. Gretna's political landscape emphasizes community involvement in decision making and serves as an example of how important it is for citizens to take part in local politics in order to ensure their voices are heard.
The political climate in Zip 68028 (Gretna, NE) is somewhat 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 68028 (Gretna, NE) is somewhat conservative.
Gretna, Nebraska is somewhat 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.
Gretna, 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 68028 (Gretna)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 70 contributions totaling $2,755 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 135 contributions totaling $62,993 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $467 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)