The politics of 89701 Carson, NV are heavily influenced by the larger state of Nevada's Republican Party. 89701 Carson is located within the Second Congressional District of Nevada, which is represented by current U.S. Representative Mark Amodei, a Republican. On the local level, elected officials in the city serve as City Council members and Mayor. All services provided to local residents and businesses are managed at this local level. Issues such as public safety, infrastructure investment, economic development initiatives, and community outreach efforts are handled through the mayor's office and City Council members who serve 89701 Carson. These elected officials strive to ensure that all citizens can enjoy a safe and prosperous living environment in this city.
The political climate in Zip 89701 (Carson, NV) is leaning conservative.
Carson City County, NV is somewhat conservative. In Carson City County, NV 42.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carson City county remained strongly Republican, 54.2% to 42.8%.
Carson City county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 89701 (Carson, NV) is leaning conservative.
Carson, Nevada is leaning conservative.
Carson City County, Nevada is somewhat conservative.
Carson City Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
Nevada is leaning liberal.
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.
Carson, Nevada: R R d 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 89701 (Carson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,137 contributions totaling $99,266 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 392 contributions totaling $84,062 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $214 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)