Smith Valley, NV is a small rural community located in the western part of the state. Although it is a relatively small town, there are still plenty of political issues that are important to the local population. The town has two main political parties, the Democrats and Republicans, who both have their own views on certain topics such as taxes, education, healthcare, and immigration. Local politicians from both sides of the aisle routinely visit Smith Valley and hold town hall meetings to discuss these issues with residents. During election season, candidates for office often come to Smith Valley to campaign for votes. The local residents not only get an up close view of the various candidates but also can ask questions about their platforms and stances on certain issues. This helps ensure that each side has an equal opportunity to make their case before election day arrives.
The political climate in Smith Valley, NV is strongly conservative.
Lyon County, NV is very conservative. In Lyon County, NV 28.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lyon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.2% to 28.0%.
Lyon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Smith Valley, NV is strongly conservative.
Lyon County, Nevada is very conservative.
Fernley Metro Area 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.
Smith 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 Smith Valley, NV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 96 contributions totaling $6,157 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 131 contributions totaling $16,665 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)