Clark County, Nevada is an important political hub in the state. It is home to many important figures in the local and state government. The county comprises a variety of constituencies, from urban areas such as Las Vegas to more rural ones including North Las Vegas and Boulder City. At the county level, Clark County has five commissioners who are elected to four-year terms. The commission is responsible for setting the budget, approving development projects, and managing the police department and fire department. In addition, Clark County elects representatives to serve on several local boards including the School Board of Trustees and Metropolitan Police Commission. On a statewide level, Clark County residents elect two senators and one representative to represent them in Congress. They also vote for their governor and other members of state government every four years. As such, politics play a big role in how policy is developed at both levels of government within Clark County.
The political climate in Clark County, NV is somewhat liberal.
In Clark County, NV 53.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clark county remained moderately Democratic, 53.7% to 44.3%.
Clark county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Clark County, NV is somewhat liberal.
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Clark, Nevada: d d 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 Clark County, NV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 86,311 contributions totaling $25,018,119 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $290 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 28,559 contributions totaling $223,210,841 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $7,816 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)