Yerington, NV is a small city in the northern part of Nevada. It is well known for its rich agricultural heritage and its friendly community. The city is governed by a Mayor and four City Councilmembers, who are elected every two years. The current mayor is Gary Stevens, and the councilmembers are Robert \"Bob\" Howard, Shirley Hofmann-Smith, Mark McFalls and Jody Carrico. Together they strive to make the city as successful and prosperous as possible. Yerington prides itself on being open to new ideas and creative solutions to civic issues. They focus on improving public services such as education, healthcare, transportation and infrastructure in order to ensure that the citizens of Yerington have access to all of the necessary resources they need for their wellbeing. The city councilors regularly hold meetings with local organizations to discuss ways that they can help meet the needs of their constituents.
The political climate in Yerington, NV is moderately conservative.
Lyon County, NV is very conservative. In Lyon County, NV 28.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lyon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.2% to 28.0%.
Lyon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Yerington, NV is moderately conservative.
Lyon County, Nevada is very conservative.
Fernley 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.
Yerington, 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 Yerington, NV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 149 contributions totaling $9,295 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 224 contributions totaling $59,213 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $264 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)