Pahrump, NV is a small town located in Nye County, Nevada. It has a long history of being politically conservative. In recent years, the town has seen a rise in political activism as citizens become more engaged in local politics. The Republican Party dominates the area and holds most of the positions within Nye County government. There have been several key races for elected office in 89048 Pahrump throughout the years with candidates from both major parties vying for seats on the boards and councils that make decisions about local issues. The current mayor is Robert L. Guilfoyle who was first elected to office in 2012 and is up for re-election this November 2020. Other notable local campaigns include races for county commission, district court judge, school board trustee, and water district director. The people of 89048 Pahrump take their political involvement seriously and are deeply invested in seeing their beliefs represented through their elected officials.
The political climate in Zip 89048 (Pahrump, NV) is strongly conservative.
Nye County, NV is very conservative. In Nye County, NV 28.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Nye county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.1% to 28.7%.
Nye county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 89048 (Pahrump, NV) is strongly conservative.
Pahrump, Nevada is strongly conservative.
Nye County, Nevada is very conservative.
Pahrump 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.
Pahrump, 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 89048 (Pahrump)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 930 contributions totaling $30,896 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 397 contributions totaling $44,958 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)