Pahrump, NV is a small, rural town located in southern Nevada. It is the largest unincorporated town in the state and has a population of around 35,000 people. The town is split into two parts: the Pahrump Valley and the Nevada side of Death Valley. Politically, it leans slightly right but it is generally viewed as a swing county. There are three main political parties that are represented in Pahrump: Republicans, Democrats and Independents.
The most recent election saw Republicans gaining control of both chambers of the legislatures in Nevada and Pahrump’s local politics reflect this shift. Locally elected officials stand for many different issues from taxation to economic development to tackling homelessness. There are several prominent politicians from Pahrump who have made an impact on the political landscape of Nevada and beyond including Congressman Steven Horsford and Assemblywoman Olivia Diaz. These leaders are committed to finding solutions to some of the most pressing issues facing our state today such as gun control reform, education funding, criminal justice reform, health care access and more.
The political climate in 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
Pahrump, NV 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Pahrump, NV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,249 contributions totaling $53,347 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 733 contributions totaling $70,518 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)