The Reno, NV Metro Area is home to a wide variety of political beliefs, from small-town conservatives to progressive progressives. The Reno area boasts two impressive local candidates in the recent election – Republican John Ellison and Democrat Hillary Schieve. Both candidates have campaigned heavily on economic issues, aiming to create jobs and attract new businesses to the area. Moreover, both candidates have focused on educational initiatives such as increasing access to college education for residents in the area. Residents of Reno can look forward to an interesting race between these two candidates, who are sure to promise much for the future of this vibrant and growing city.
The political climate in Reno Metro Area is leaning liberal.
In Reno Metro Area 50.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Reno metro area remained narrowly Democratic, 50.6% to 46.5%.
The Reno metro area voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Reno Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 44,777 contributions totaling $4,322,825 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10,945 contributions totaling $7,275,836 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $665 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)