Wells, NV 89835 is located in Elko County and is home to a diverse population of around 1,400 people. The city was incorporated in 1904 and since then has been governed by a Mayor-Council form of government. The current mayor is Mark Regan and the four-member City Council is made up of members Steve Cole, Mike McDermott, Maria Shanklin, and David Brewer. Together they are responsible for enacting laws that regulate local affairs such as maintaining infrastructure and public safety. The local political climate is focused on promoting economic development and improving the quality of life within Wells. Through various initiatives such as creating jobs, expanding educational opportunities, and developing recreational activities, the city strives to make Wells an even better place to live.
The political climate in Zip 89835 (Wells, 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 89835 (Wells, NV) is strongly conservative.
Wells, 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.
Wells, 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 89835 (Wells)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 23 contributions totaling $1,701 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $1,700 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)