The politics in 89523 Reno, NV are an ever-changing landscape as the city continues to grow and evolve. As a rapidly expanding city, Reno is home to a wide variety of political candidates running for office at local, state and national levels. These candidates come from diverse backgrounds and include both Democrats and Republicans who offer differing perspectives on how best to serve the city's constituents. The issues they focus on range from education to public safety and beyond, with each candidate having unique stances on the topics that matter most to them and their constituents. With such a competitive field of candidates, it is important for residents to stay informed about who is running for office and learn more about their platforms before heading to the polls.
The political climate in Zip 89523 (Reno, NV) is leaning liberal.
Washoe County, NV is leaning liberal. In Washoe County, NV 50.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washoe county remained Democratic, 50.8% to 46.3%.
Washoe county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 89523 (Reno, NV) is leaning liberal.
Reno, Nevada is leaning liberal.
Washoe County, Nevada is leaning liberal.
Reno Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Reno, Nevada: r r D d 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 89523 (Reno)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,044 contributions totaling $176,441 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 521 contributions totaling $208,927 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $401 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)