Las Vegas 89179 is located in the Clark County region of Nevada and is part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan area. It is a diverse community with a variety of political views, and the local political landscape reflects this diversity. In recent years, candidates for office in Las Vegas have come from all sides of the political spectrum—from conservative to progressive. At the state level, both Republicans and Democrats fight for representation. The city council also consists of members from both parties, as do many local government offices. Political discussions are often lively and intense in 89179 Las Vegas, but at the end of the day, citizens share a commitment to their community and strive to make it better for everyone.
The political climate in Zip 89179 (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 89179 (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 89179 (Las Vegas)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 94 contributions totaling $16,167 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $172 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $1,175 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)