Reno, NV 89512 is located in the northern part of Nevada and has a diverse population. The city is served by two congressional districts, the 2nd and 4th districts of the U.S. House of Representatives. The political landscape in Reno is historically more conservative than the state as a whole, though it has seen an increase in support for progressive candidates in recent years. Locally, Reno is governed by a mayor-council government system with five members on the council representing each district in the city. Each district elects their own representative to serve on the council for a term of four years. The current mayor of Reno is Hillary Schieve who was re-elected for another term in 2020. Residents of Reno are also able to vote on important national issues such as presidential elections and other important initiatives that affect local communities throughout Nevada.
The political climate in Zip 89512 (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 89512 (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 89512 (Reno)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 365 contributions totaling $22,340 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 67 contributions totaling $10,326 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $154 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)