Elko, NV Metro Area is a vibrant and growing community. It has a rich cultural heritage steeped in the American West that makes it a special place to live. Politically, Elko is an independent city with its own local government and elected officials. The city council is responsible for managing the budget and providing services such as police, fire protection, public works, and parks and recreation. In addition to the local government, there are also many state and federal representatives from Elko who are responsible for passing laws that affect the area. For example, Senator Catherine Cortez Masto represents Nevada in the US Senate while Congressman Mark Amodei represents Elko County in the House of Representatives. Residents of the Elko Metro Area can participate in democracy by voting in elections or attending meetings with their local representatives to voice their opinions on important issues.
The political climate in Elko Metro Area is very conservative.
In Elko Metro Area 20.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Elko metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.7% to 20.4%.
The Elko metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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.
Elko, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Elko Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 756 contributions totaling $35,002 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 755 contributions totaling $1,148,779 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,522 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)