Humboldt County, Nevada is a rural county located in the northwestern region of the state. It is a mainly agricultural area with a population of around 10,000 residents. The county has a rich history stemming from its early Native American tribes and Western settlers. While there are many political issues that are important to the people of Humboldt County, some key topics include environmental conservation, health care access, support for small businesses, and economic growth. The local governments work to ensure that all citizens’ voices are heard and respected as they make decisions that affect the entire community. There is an active political scene in Humboldt County with several candidates running for various offices across all levels of government. These candidates bring diverse perspectives to their ideas for governing and strive to represent the values and interests of their constituents through policy initiatives.
The political climate in 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
Humboldt County, NV 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.
Humboldt, 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 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 Humboldt County, NV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 526 contributions totaling $45,801 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 253 contributions totaling $39,710 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $157 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)