Fort McDermitt, NV is an unincorporated community located in Humboldt County in the northwestern corner of Nevada. It is predominantly inhabited by members of the Shoshone-Paiute Tribe and was established in 1868 after a gold rush. Despite its remote location, Fort McDermitt has taken an active role in local politics over the years. The community is served by a five-member Tribal Council that acts as the governing body for both local law matters and tribal affairs. The Tribal Council works closely with county and state representatives to ensure that the needs of the local residents are heard and addressed on a regular basis. Additionally, Fort McDermitt is home to many local political candidates who strive to make sure that their voices are heard in state and federal elections. These candidates take great care to listen to their constituents' concerns and work hard to ensure that they are represented fairly when casting their ballots.
The political climate in Fort McDermitt, NV is strongly conservative.
Humboldt County, NV is very conservative. In Humboldt County, NV 21.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Humboldt county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.6% to 21.7%.
Humboldt county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fort McDermitt, NV is strongly conservative.
Humboldt County, Nevada is very conservative.
Winnemucca Metro Area 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.
Fort McDermitt, 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 Fort McDermitt, NV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 66 contributions totaling $1,878 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $35 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)