Schurz, Nevada is a small town nestled between the rolling hills of northern Nevada. Since its establishment in 1878, the town has had an active political landscape. The local government is overseen by a mayor and four commissioners who are elected to serve three-year terms. The government works to ensure that all citizens have equal access to services such as police protection, firefighting, and public works projects. Additionally, Schurz holds several elections throughout the year on state and federal matters that affect the community. All citizens are encouraged to participate in these important decision making processes. Overall, politics in Schurz is an important part of life for many residents as it helps shape how their community functions and progresses into the future.
The political climate in Schurz, NV is somewhat conservative.
Mineral County, NV is strongly conservative. In Mineral County, NV 35.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mineral county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.9% to 35.5%.
Mineral county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Schurz, NV is somewhat conservative.
Mineral County, Nevada is strongly 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.
Schurz, 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 Schurz, NV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $110 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)