The city of Fernley, NV 89408 is located in Lyon County and is home to a population of approximately 19,499 people. The local politics in the area are primarily focused on issues that affect the residents such as economics, education, public safety, and infrastructure. In terms of local elected officials, this city is represented by two Nevada State Assembly members and a member of the United States House of Representatives. Additionally, there are several local county offices such as clerk, recorder and treasurer that have been appointed to manage the day-to-day operations within the county. Overall, Fernley’s political landscape is focused on providing quality services and resources for its citizens while also promoting economic development in order to ensure a prosperous future for everyone living in the area.
The political climate in Zip 89408 (Fernley, 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
Zip 89408 (Fernley, NV) is strongly conservative.
Fernley, Nevada 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.
Fernley, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 zip 89408 (Fernley)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 599 contributions totaling $25,181 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 118 contributions totaling $17,563 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $149 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)