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1876–2024
Elko County, Nevada
Elko County·Nevada

Elko County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

Nevada's most lopsided presidential county by a wide margin

18762024·38 elections
Elko County, Nevada · Visitor7 · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+57
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
54,047
2024 ACS
Most similar
Twin Falls County
ID · similarity 1.00
41 precincts · 22,465 votes cast
Trump · R+57
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−56.6%
4,63217,35222,465
2020R
−55.5%
4,55716,74121,967
2016R
−54.7%
3,40113,55118,559
2012R
−53.2%
3,51112,01415,986
2008R
−40.5%
4,54110,96915,887
2004R
−58.1%
3,05011,93815,309
2000R
−59.8%
2,54211,02514,180
1996R
−28.4%
3,1496,51211,857
1992R
−20.3%
2,7825,20811,926
1988R
−40.8%
2,3105,7228,372
1984R
−51.7%
1,5665,1106,861
1980R
−50.0%
1,2964,3936,197
1976R
−24.5%
1,9553,2935,459
1972R
−45.2%
1,4673,8865,353
1968R
−20.3%
1,6862,6874,932
1964D
+20.0%
2,7851,8564,641
1960D
+1.4%
2,4952,4274,922
1956R
−26.4%
1,7362,9814,717
1952R
−27.8%
1,7553,1044,859
1948D
+9.1%
2,0261,6833,771
1944D
+16.3%
2,2801,6423,922
1940D
+25.7%
3,0161,7834,799
1936D
+46.1%
2,8881,0653,953
1932D
+31.8%
2,5621,3253,887
1928R
−13.1%
1,4421,8763,318
1924R
−17.7%
6041,1132,868
1920R
−13.5%
1,0291,3692,521
1916D
+28.3%
2,0201,0723,349
1912D
+22.2%
8433982,008
1908D
+4.0%
8047371,658
1904R
−15.8%
5087181,328
1900D
+28.7%
8604761,336
1896D
+77.7%
1,0111271,138
1892R
−14.5%
492181,165
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
25.1%
Other Christian
18.0%
Baptist
1.9%
Mainline Protestant
1.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.3%
Methodist
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 53.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Anchored by ranching, mining, and the Carlin Trend gold belt, Elko County delivers some of the most one-sided presidential results in Nevada, with Republican margins consistently exceeding 50 points over the past several cycles.

The Republican margin in Elko County reached its widest at sixty points in 2000. The margin in 2024 was fifty-seven points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Elko County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $86,487, a 66% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 54,047 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Twin Falls County and Park County.