Carson City is the state capital of Nevada located just east of Lake Tahoe near the Sierra Nevada mountain range . It has an estimated population around 54 thousand people from recent census data and its median household income being close to $56 thousand according to 2010-2014 numbers . The city's government consists of an elected mayor and supervisor seats all on staggered terms so that only one position is up for grabs every four years during regular municipal elections. Politically speaking , Carson City tends to be quite diverse given its location at the center of Nevada however it generally leans towards more conservative values regarding issues such as taxes , development projects etc ...
The Political Climate in Carson City, NV is Leaning conservative.
Carson City County, NV is Somewhat conservative. In Carson City County, NV 42.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carson City county remained strongly Republican, 54.2% to 42.8%.
Carson City county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic)
The BestPlaces Liberal/Conservative Index
Carson City, NV is Leaning conservative
Carson City County, Nevada is Somewhat conservative.
Carson City Metro Area is Somewhat 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.
Carson City, Nevada: R R d 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 Carson City, NV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,907 contributions totaling $393,010 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,763 contributions totaling $421,635 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $239 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)