Virginia City, NV is a small town in the state of Nevada with a population of 89440. It has a rich history of political involvement and engagement from its citizens. The town is governed at the local level by an elected Board of Trustees, who act on behalf of their constituents to shape policy and ensure that the town’s needs are met. Every two years, Virginia City residents have the opportunity to vote for new trustees and local political candidates who are vying for office in order to represent them and work on their behalf. These elections bring great excitement to the community as citizens get involved in learning about candidates, their stances on issues, and discussing their views with others. By taking part in elections, Virginia City residents help ensure that their voices are heard and that they have representatives who will take action for them.
The political climate in Zip 89440 (Virginia City, NV) is strongly conservative.
Storey County, NV is very conservative. In Storey County, NV 31.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Storey county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.3% to 31.4%.
Storey county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 89440 (Virginia City, NV) is strongly conservative.
Virginia City, Nevada is strongly conservative.
Storey County, Nevada is very conservative.
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.
Virginia City, 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 89440 (Virginia City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 231 contributions totaling $8,286 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 65 contributions totaling $29,007 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $446 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)