Reno, Nevada is a vibrant city with a rich political history. Located in the northern portion of the state, Reno is home to a diverse population and strong representation from both major political parties. At the local level, elections for mayor and city council are held every four years, giving citizens the chance to actively participate in deciding who their leaders will be. The current mayor of Reno is Hillary Schieve, who was first elected in 2014 and re-elected in 2018. The Reno City Council is composed of eight members who are responsible for managing the city’s budget, approving contracts and ordinances, and setting policy. With a government focused on getting things done for its citizens, Reno is an exciting place to be involved in politics!
The political climate in Reno, NV is leaning liberal.
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
Reno, NV is leaning liberal.
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.
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 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 Reno, NV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 63,712 contributions totaling $6,132,914 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15,676 contributions totaling $7,426,401 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $474 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)