Grass Valley, NV is a small but vibrant community nestled in the foothills of Northern Nevada. Despite its small size, Grass Valley has a bustling political scene with many local candidates running for office in various levels of government. The city council works hard to ensure that the needs of all Grass Valley residents are met, and important decisions are made with input from members of the community. During election season, candidates can be found knocking on doors and attending events throughout the town; they are eager to discuss their platforms and hear what’s important to citizens. With its strong sense of civic engagement, Grass Valley is an excellent example of a local community actively participating in politics and working together for the common good.
The political climate in Grass Valley, NV is strongly conservative.
Pershing County, NV is very conservative. In Pershing County, NV 23.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pershing county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.6% to 23.6%.
Pershing county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Grass Valley, NV is strongly conservative.
Pershing County, Nevada 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.
Grass Valley, 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 Grass Valley, NV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 385 contributions totaling $17,970 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 167 contributions totaling $32,090 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $192 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)