Reno, Nevada is located in Washoe County and has a population of about 250,000 people. It is the third-largest city in the state and home to several major universities and businesses. Politically, Reno leans heavily towards its Democratic leadership with Democrats on the City Council and Mayor Hillary Schieve in office since 2014. The county itself is divided between Democrats and Republicans with both having representation on the Washoe County Board of Commissioners. In the 2018 midterms, Nevada voted blue across all federal offices, including US Senate seats won by Democrat Jacky Rosen and Catherine Cortez Masto. Moving into 2020, Reno residents will be focusing on local candidates running for various offices as well as federal races that could impact their lives.
The political climate in Zip 89510 (Reno, NV) is leaning conservative.
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 89510 (Reno, NV) is leaning conservative.
Reno, Nevada is leaning conservative.
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 89510 (Reno)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 319 contributions totaling $25,773 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 231 contributions totaling $124,959 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $541 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)