Oakland, Nebraska is a small city located in Burt County. The city has a population of roughly 1,300 and is home to the Oakland-Craig Public School District. Local politics in Oakland are largely focused on ensuring the success of the public school district and promoting economic development throughout the city. The local government works hard to create incentives for businesses to invest in Oakland and improve its infrastructure, while also making sure that residents have access to quality public services. The Mayor of Oakland is John White and there are two City Council members: Mike Driscoll and Pete Ostrum. All three candidates have been actively involved in advocating for school funding, economic growth, and healthcare for residents. They work together to ensure that Oakland remains a vibrant community with plenty of opportunities for those who live there.
The political climate in Zip 68045 (Oakland, 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 68045 (Oakland, NE) is very conservative.
Oakland, 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.
Oakland, 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 68045 (Oakland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $423 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $10,040 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $502 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)