Spanish Springs, NV is a growing community that has a strong sense of civic pride and involvement in local politics. The town is represented by Mayor Brian E. Kramm and four City Council Members: Wayne L. Hilty, David J. Goulding, Kayla S. Smith-Riedel, and Mark J. Saterfield. Town residents are passionate about their local government and take an active role in making sure their voices are heard when it comes to important political decisions that affect the community as a whole. Spanish Springs also offers its citizens many opportunities to get involved in local politics, such as attending City Council meetings or volunteering for campaigns of local candidates they support. Overall, Spanish Springs is a great place to live with people who are committed to improving their community through political participation and activism.
The political climate in Spanish Springs, NV is leaning conservative.
Washoe County, NV is leaning liberal. In Washoe County, NV 50.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washoe county remained Democratic, 50.8% to 46.3%.
Washoe county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Spanish Springs, NV is leaning conservative.
Washoe County, Nevada is leaning liberal.
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.
Spanish Springs, 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 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 Spanish Springs, NV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,093 contributions totaling $131,704 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 869 contributions totaling $219,264 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $252 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)