Ely, Nevada is a small town located in White Pine County. Its population of around 4,500 people make it an ideal place to relax and experience the great outdoors. The town has a strong sense of community and is governed by a mayor and five council members. The mayor and council members are elected for four-year terms and are responsible for making decisions that affect the city’s finances, public safety, health services, infrastructure, and more. They also serve as liaisons between residents and county officials. Residents can attend meetings to voice their opinions or learn about issues that affect their community. Ely prides itself on having an open dialogue when it comes to local politics so that citizens have a say in the decisions that shape their town.
The political climate in Ely, NV is moderately conservative.
White Pine County, NV is very conservative. In White Pine County, NV 19.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, White Pine county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.9% to 19.7%.
White Pine county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ely, NV is moderately conservative.
White Pine County, Nevada is very conservative.
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.
Ely, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Ely, NV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16 contributions totaling $398 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 81 contributions totaling $8,129 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)