The politics in 89117 Las Vegas, NV are highly reflective of the broader state of Nevada's politics. The area is located within Clark County and is represented by both the Nevada Assembly and Senate districts. In terms of voting tendencies, the district tends to lean slightly more Democratic than the rest of the state. This reflects in the elected officials for 89117 Las Vegas, NV. Currently, most of the local representatives are Democrats including Congresswoman Dina Titus who represents this district in the U.S. House of Representatives as part of Nevada's 1st congressional district. Additionally, all state senators from Clark County are Democrats and there are five Democratic representatives in the Nevada Assembly that represent this zip code. Overall, this zip code can be considered fairly reliably Democratic in its voting pattern when compared with other parts of Nevada.
The political climate in Zip 89117 (Las Vegas, NV) is somewhat liberal.
Clark County, NV is somewhat liberal. In Clark County, NV 53.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clark county remained moderately Democratic, 53.7% to 44.3%.
Clark county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 89117 (Las Vegas, NV) is somewhat liberal.
Las Vegas, Nevada is somewhat liberal.
Clark County, Nevada is somewhat liberal.
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Las Vegas, Nevada: d d 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 89117 (Las Vegas)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,526 contributions totaling $865,505 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $245 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,244 contributions totaling $1,919,703 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,543 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)