The small town of Pahrump, NV is located in Nye County and is the largest town in the county, with a population of approximately 36,000 as of 2019. The political atmosphere in Pahrump is largely conservative, with Republicans holding a majority of local elected positions. Within the Nye county school board, which covers much of Pahrump, there are five members who are all Republican. This reflects the larger conservative political trend that exists in this community and throughout Nye county. Local elections usually have a few candidates running for each position, however there are often only one or two major contenders who鈥檚 party affiliation is nearly always Republican. In recent years the state legislature has become increasingly more conservative as well. It's clear that politics within Pahrump leans towards the right side of the aisle.
The political climate in Zip 89060 (Pahrump, NV) is strongly conservative.
Nye County, NV is very conservative. In Nye County, NV 28.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Nye county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.1% to 28.7%.
Nye county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 89060 (Pahrump, NV) is strongly conservative.
Pahrump, Nevada is strongly conservative.
Nye County, Nevada is very conservative.
Pahrump Metro Area is very 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.
Pahrump, Nevada: 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 89060 (Pahrump)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 194 contributions totaling $8,918 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 234 contributions totaling $17,756 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)