akashic
1876–2024
Carson City, Nevada
Carson City·Nevada

Carson City delivered a near-tie in 2024.

Nevada's capital county swung 11 points red in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Carson City, Nevada · Quintin Soloviev · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+11
in 2024
Archetype
Tossup
since the recent cycles
Population
58,384
2024 ACS
Most similar
Clinton County
MI · similarity 0.99
24 precincts · 31,068 votes cast
Trump · R+11
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−11.3%
13,37516,87331,068
2020R
−11.4%
12,73516,11329,739
2016R
−14.1%
9,61013,12525,016
2012R
−9.0%
10,29112,39423,319
2008D
+0.9%
11,62311,41923,463
2004R
−16.1%
9,44113,17123,106
2000R
−19.2%
7,35411,08419,452
1996R
−10.1%
7,2699,16818,814
1992R
−6.7%
6,0357,30218,803
1988R
−30.2%
5,0889,70115,291
1984R
−42.0%
3,7909,47713,536
1980R
−44.8%
2,7698,38912,556
1976R
−14.4%
3,8745,2829,761
1972R
−43.6%
2,1205,3967,516
1968R
−25.0%
1,7703,1695,601
1964D
+3.2%
2,1291,9974,126
1960R
−20.5%
1,2831,9463,229
1956R
−36.1%
8221,7492,571
1952R
−48.1%
5791,6532,232
1948R
−23.0%
6811,0951,801
1944R
−11.7%
6658411,506
1940D
+2.4%
7857481,533
1936D
+16.6%
7455331,278
1932D
+8.7%
5794861,065
1928R
−16.1%
4265901,016
1924D
+0.2%
415413932
1920R
−17.5%
4135921,024
1916D
+6.2%
6105341,227
1912D
+21.3%
294150675
1908R
−0.9%
343350751
1904R
−28.1%
218409680
1900D
+12.4%
399311710
1896D
+33.2%
566284850
1892R
−44.8%
31417862
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
African American
1.4%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
19.3%
Other Christian
11.0%
Mainline Protestant
1.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.9%
Methodist
0.9%
Baptist
0.7%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 65.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Carson City functions as both an independent city and county, making it Nevada's only consolidated municipality of that type. Despite housing state government, it has trended Republican in recent cycles, posting an R+11.3 margin in 2024.

The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached thirty-three points in 1896; the Republican margin reached forty-eight points in 1952. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Carson City's demographics — a population of 58,384, a 68% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $72,355 — situate the county close to national averages on several dimensions. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Clinton County and Berrien County.