Editing Elko County, Nevada (section)

==Government and politics==
{{PresHead|place=Elko County, Nevada|source=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|first=David|last=Leip|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=April 6, 2018}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|17,352|4,632|481|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|16,741|4,557|669|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|13,551|3,401|1,607|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|12,014|3,511|461|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|10,969|4,541|509|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|11,938|3,050|321|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|11,025|2,542|613|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|6,512|3,149|2,196|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|5,208|2,782|3,936|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|5,722|2,310|340|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|5,110|1,566|185|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|4,393|1,296|508|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|3,293|1,955|211|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|3,886|1,467|0|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|2,687|1,686|559|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,856|2,785|0|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|2,427|2,495|0|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|2,981|1,736|0|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|3,104|1,755|0|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|1,683|2,026|62|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|1,642|2,280|0|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|1,783|3,016|0|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|1,065|2,888|0|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|1,325|2,562|0|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|1,876|1,442|0|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1924|Progressive|1,113|604|1,151|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|1,369|1,029|123|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|1,072|2,020|257|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|398|843|767|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|737|804|117|Nevada}}
{{PresFoot|1904|Republican|718|508|102|Nevada}}
{{U.S. SenHead|place=Elko County, Nevada|Seat=1|source=<ref>{{cite news |title=2024 Senate Election (Official Returns) |website=Commonwealth of Nevada by county |date=November 5, 2024 |access-date=December 5, 2024 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/nevada-senate-results}}</ref>}}
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{{U.S. SenRow|2024|Republican|15,850|4,439|1,956|Nevada}}
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Elko is a highly [[Conservatism in the United States|conservative]] area. In 2011, all eleven of the partisan county officials were Republican.<ref>{{cite web|title=Elko County elected officials|url=http://www.elkocountynv.net/departments/clerk/docs/ELKO_COUNTY_ELECTED_OFFICIALS_2011.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330191217/http://www.elkocountynv.net/departments/clerk/docs/ELKO_COUNTY_ELECTED_OFFICIALS_2011.pdf |archive-date=March 30, 2012 |url-status=live|work=Elko County (Nev.)|access-date=August 24, 2011}}</ref> In every election of the 21st Century (except for [[2008 United States presidential election|2008]]), the Republican candidate has received over 70% of the vote in the county. The city of Elko itself voted over 65% Republican on average in 2024, while most of the rural county voted over 80% Republican, with other cities and towns somewhere in between. The city of West Wendover was, in 2024, the only one in the county to have a slight Democratic leaning (specifically in its southern district). The Owyhee Reservation along the county's northern border is also heavily Democratic. However, these places have little effect on the overall red leaning of the county due to their relatively small populations.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/us/elections/2024-election-map-precinct-results.html?unlocked_article_code=1.xk4.VI7C.oXuhxhF7kYdB&smid=url-share | title=An Extremely Detailed Map of the 2024 Election | work=The New York Times | date=January 15, 2025 | last1=Datar | first1=Saurabh | last2=Marcus | first2=Ilana | last3=Murray | first3=Eli | last4=Singer | first4=Ethan | last5=Lemonides | first5=Alex | last6=Zhang | first6=Christine | last7=Smith | first7=Jonah }}</ref>

Both former President [[Jimmy Carter]] and then-President George W. Bush made visits to the city of Elko during the 2006 mid-term election. [[William McKinley]] visited in 1901; Herbert Hoover made his final campaign broadcast as president from a railroad car in Elko in 1932; Franklin D. Roosevelt spoke in Carlin in 1938 during his whistle stop tour; and Barack Obama visited while campaigning in 2008. President [[Donald Trump]] arrived in Elko on October 20, 2018, to campaign for Senator [[Dean Heller]] during the 2018 midterm elections. In addition, many other high-profile political figures have come to Elko, including former Vice President [[Dick Cheney]]. In 2016 [[Donald Trump Jr.]] campaigned in Elko during the primary campaign.