Elko, NV 89801 is a small city located in Central Nevada. It is known for its rich cowboy and mining culture, as well as its natural beauty. Politically, Elko is firmly conservative. In the 2016 Presidential Election, Donald Trump won Elko with over 72% of the vote. The county has also been consistently Republican in state and local elections since 1990. Elko has a mayor-council form of government, with the mayor serving as the executive and presiding officer of the council meetings. Currently there are no local political candidates for office in Elko, but future elections will likely see a variety of republican candidates vying for seats on City Council.
The political climate in Zip 89801 (Elko, NV) is strongly 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
Zip 89801 (Elko, NV) is strongly conservative.
Elko, Nevada is strongly 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.
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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 89801 (Elko)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 326 contributions totaling $14,905 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 416 contributions totaling $86,411 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $208 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)