The politics of 89166 Las Vegas, NV are largely dominated by the Democratic Party, given the area's large population and diverse interests. The city is represented in Congress by Dina Titus in the 1st Congressional District in Nevada, who is a member of the Democratic Party. At the state level, Nevada Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro represents the 6th Senate District which includes parts of Clark County and Las Vegas. Additionally, for local representation in the city council there are three candidates vying for a seat: Cedric Crear (Democratic), Olivia Diaz (Independent), and Stavros S. Anthony (Republican). Each candidate brings their own unique perspective to local government that will ensure that all citizens of this vibrant community are heard.
The political climate in Zip 89166 (Las Vegas, NV) is leaning liberal.
Clark County, NV is somewhat liberal. In Clark County, NV 53.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clark county remained moderately Democratic, 53.7% to 44.3%.
Clark county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 89166 (Las Vegas, NV) is leaning liberal.
Las Vegas, Nevada is leaning liberal.
Clark County, Nevada is somewhat liberal.
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Las Vegas, Nevada: d d 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 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 89166 (Las Vegas)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 370 contributions totaling $26,078 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 83 contributions totaling $14,108 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)