Esmeralda County, Nevada
Precinct data
Results by precinct
9 precincts · 453 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -11 | 34 | 164 | 2 | 200 | 17.0% | 82.0% | R+65.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -33 | 30 | 166 | 3 | 199 | 15.1% | 83.4% | R+68.3 |
| Precinct -22 | 8 | 36 | 0 | 44 | 18.2% | 81.8% | R+63.6 |
| Precinct -44 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 10.0% | 90.0% | R+80.0 |
| ESMERALDA FISH LAKE VALLEY PRECINCT 332_320093 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| ESMERALDA GOLD POINT/LIDA PRECINCT 432_320094 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| ESMERALDA GOLDFIELD PRECINCT 132_320091 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| ESMERALDA LAMBERTUCCI PRECINCT 532_320095 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| ESMERALDA SILVER PEAK PRECINCT 232_320092 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −13.0% |
| 1896 | +70.4% |
| 1900 | +39.6% |
| 1904 | −9.5% |
| 1908 | +10.0% |
| 1912 | +25.3% |
| 1916 | +18.7% |
| 1920 | −12.7% |
| 1924 | −12.5% |
| 1928 | +5.6% |
| 1932 | +48.7% |
| 1936 | +56.8% |
| 1940 | +37.3% |
| 1944 | +19.6% |
| 1948 | +5.2% |
| 1952 | −11.2% |
| 1956 | −13.9% |
| 1960 | +15.9% |
| 1964 | +17.6% |
| 1968 | −5.7% |
| 1972 | −36.5% |
| 1976 | +7.9% |
| 1980 | −42.9% |
| 1984 | −45.6% |
| 1988 | −42.9% |
| 1992 | −17.6% |
| 1996 | −25.1% |
| 2000 | −44.2% |
| 2004 | −55.7% |
| 2008 | −46.6% |
| 2012 | −51.7% |
| 2016 | −62.4% |
| 2020 | −66.9% |
| 2024 | −65.7% |
U.S. Senate
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 18 points more Democratic.
700 registered voters · 2026
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+1 net domestic migration · 2025
Net +175 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $40,095 in average income, against $78,976 for residents who stayed — 49% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.
| Year | Net domestic migration |
|---|---|
| 2011 | −3 |
| 2012 | +31 |
| 2013 | +68 |
| 2014 | −11 |
| 2015 | +6 |
| 2016 | −5 |
| 2017 | +21 |
| 2018 | −18 |
| 2019 | +46 |
| 2021 | +16 |
| 2022 | +18 |
| 2023 | −3 |
| 2024 | +8 |
| 2025 | +1 |
With fewer than a thousand residents spread across 3,500 square miles of high desert, Esmeralda regularly posts some of the most lopsided presidential margins in the American West, reflecting the political tendencies common to remote, rural mining counties.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 70.4 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 66.9 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 1.2 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 65.7 points.
A population of 1,028, a 58% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $41,715 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Jackson County and McPherson County.
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Esmeralda County, Nevada. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/32009/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.