West Wendover, NV is a small city located in the north-west corner of Nevada near the Utah border. It is home to just over 4,000 people and is known for its gaming industry and historic sites. The city has its own local politics consisting of a mayor, five city council members, a town clerk and treasurer, and various other appointed committees. The current mayor is Mike Carter who was elected in November 2017 and serves alongside the five council members that make up the legislative body of the West Wendover government. Together these elected individuals are responsible for developing policies, enacting ordinances, approving budgets, managing public resources, and making decisions that affect the citizens of West Wendover. As part of their duties they also work with state and federal officials representing the interests of West Wendover citizens.
The political climate in West Wendover, NV is moderately conservative.
Elko County, NV is very conservative. In Elko County, NV 20.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Elko county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.2% to 20.7%.
Elko county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
West Wendover, NV is moderately conservative.
Elko County, Nevada is very conservative.
Elko 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.
West Wendover, 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 West Wendover, NV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11 contributions totaling $163 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $15 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 24 contributions totaling $1,275 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)