Reno, Nevada is the largest city in Washoe County and is known for having a diverse political landscape. 89501 Reno has a variety of political parties represented at the local level, including the Democratic Party, Republican Party, Libertarian Party, Green Party, and more. The local government in 89501 Reno is led by a mayor who oversees a City Council that is responsible for making decisions on policies, budgets, infrastructure improvements, and other initiatives. Additionally, various appointed boards and commissions are responsible for working on special projects in the area. Each year elections take place during which residents can vote to elect their representatives to serve in local government positions such as mayor or city council members. By participating in these elections, residents of 89501 Reno have an opportunity to influence decision-making processes that affect their daily lives.
The political climate in Zip 89501 (Reno, NV) is somewhat liberal.
Washoe County, NV is leaning liberal. In Washoe County, NV 50.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washoe county remained Democratic, 50.8% to 46.3%.
Washoe county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 89501 (Reno, NV) is somewhat liberal.
Reno, Nevada is somewhat liberal.
Washoe County, Nevada is leaning liberal.
Reno Metro Area is leaning 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.
Reno, Nevada: r r 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 89501 (Reno)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 657 contributions totaling $150,143 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $229 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 179 contributions totaling $90,283 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $504 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)