Sparks, Nevada, is a city located in Washoe County. Its population is estimated to be around 97,000 people. Located near Reno and the Sierra Nevada mountains, residents of Sparks have access to a variety of recreational activities. Politically, Sparks is an independent city with its own mayor and city council. Mayor Ron Smith and City Council members Maria Duerr, Charlene Bybee, Ed Lawson, Julia Ratti, Donald Abbott and Paul Anderson are all currently elected officials who work to make sure that the needs of the citizens of Sparks are met. Together they strive to create a safe and prosperous community in which businesses can thrive and residents can enjoy their lives. In addition to Mayor Smith and the City Council members, Sparks also has three state representatives from the Assembly District 31 who fight for legislation that benefits their constituents.
The political climate in Zip 89436 (Sparks, NV) is leaning conservative.
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 89436 (Sparks, NV) is leaning conservative.
Sparks, Nevada is leaning conservative.
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.
Sparks, 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 89436 (Sparks)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,368 contributions totaling $85,194 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 477 contributions totaling $73,592 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $154 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)