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1876–2024
Elko, NV·Nevada

Elko, NV has voted Republican in fifteen straight presidential cycles.

Nevada's mining heartland tilts heavily Republican in statewide contests

1876 — 2024·38 elections
NV
Latest
R+58
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
55,632
2024 ACS

Elko, NV, Nevada: Republican loyalist metro. In 2024, voted R+58%. Democratic peak: D+83 in 1896.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+58MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Republican loyalistAkashic typology
Population
55,6322024 5-year
Median household income
$86,0312024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
66.4%2024 5-year
Black
0.8%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
25.4%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+83 in 1896MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+60 in 2000MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
2 counties · 0 D · 2 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−57.6%
4,73618,26223,501
R
−56.4%
4,66217,63622,984
R
−55.6%
3,47514,27419,413
R
−53.9%
3,61812,67716,794
R
−41.2%
4,68511,53316,615
R
−58.0%
3,19412,50916,047
R
−59.7%
2,69211,65715,017
R
−28.8%
3,3076,92412,545
R
−20.8%
2,9115,53812,616
R
−41.0%
2,4616,1358,954
R
−51.9%
1,6905,5497,439
R
−50.6%
1,3994,8236,761
R
−24.4%
2,1183,5655,926
R
−45.2%
1,6064,2575,863
R
−20.8%
1,8352,9645,422
D
+18.8%
3,0702,0995,169
D
+1.0%
2,7182,6665,384
R
−26.6%
1,9193,3115,230
R
−29.1%
1,9123,4835,395
D
+7.1%
2,3041,9954,374
D
+12.1%
2,4971,9594,456
D
+24.0%
3,3692,0675,436
D
+45.0%
3,2841,2454,529
D
+33.7%
2,9471,4614,408
R
−11.1%
1,7032,1273,830
R
−19.0%
6981,3223,286
R
−16.5%
1,1861,6823,012
D
+25.1%
2,2831,3113,869
D
+24.0%
1,0524682,432
D
+2.9%
1,0229612,139
R
−19.8%
6159531,704
D
+35.3%
1,2495971,846
D
+82.6%
1,5641491,713
O
−10.7%
592661,938
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
12.9%
English
11.5%
Irish
8.2%
American
7.2%
Italian
2.8%
Scottish
2.0%
French
1.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 36.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.2%
85+
0.5%
1.9%
75–84
1.7%
4.7%
65–74
4.3%
6.5%
55–64
5.9%
6.1%
45–54
5.5%
7.4%
35–44
6.6%
7.3%
25–34
6.7%
4.7%
18–24
3.8%
10.1%
5–17
9.7%
3.4%
<5
3.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$86,031
Elko, NV ranks near the middle of US counties.
Elko, NV$86,031
Nevada$78,260
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
10.2%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1811.7%
Working age (18–64)9.6%
Seniors (65+)15.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
83.5%
speak English only
Spanish14.3%
Other languages0.8%
Other Indo-European0.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.5%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
24.7%
Other Christian
18.2%
Baptist
2.2%
Mainline Protestant
1.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.3%
Methodist
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 53.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Anchored by the gold-mining economy of northeastern Nevada, the Elko metro routinely posts some of the state's widest Republican margins, driven by a workforce tied to resource extraction and a sparse, rural settlement pattern that limits Democratic turnout infrastructure.

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

Its loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $86,031, a 66% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 55,632 together describe a metro whose political habits are deeply settled.

Cite this page
All citations released under CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Akashic Intelligence.
Elko, NV, Nevada — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cbsa/21220/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Elko, NV, Nevada vote in 2024?
In 2024, Elko, NV, Nevada voted Republican by 57.6 points (R+58), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 23,501 votes cast, 4,736 went Democratic and 18,262 went Republican.
What is Elko, NV, Nevada's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Elko, NV, Nevada as a "Republican loyalist" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 12 times, Republican 21 times, and other 1 times.
When did Elko, NV, Nevada last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Elko, NV, Nevada voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Elko, NV, Nevada?
Elko, NV, Nevada has a population of 55,632 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Elko, NV, Nevada?
Median household income in Elko, NV, Nevada is $86,031 — above the national median of $80,734. The Nevada state median is $78,260.
What is the political history of Elko, NV, Nevada?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Elko, NV, Nevada from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 12 went Democratic and 21 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Republican loyalist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.