Weiser, Idaho is a small town located in Washington County. It has a rich history of political involvement, with local elections held every two years for both mayoral and city council positions. The current mayor of Weiser is Rich Wilcox and the current city council members are Tom Holmquist, Nick Hall, Kathy Cloninger, John Gierke and Edith Harp. All of these individuals have worked to better the community and ensure that the needs of its citizens are met. In addition to local politics, Weiser has seen many state representatives come through its doors from time to time as well. These representatives have worked hard to bring about positive change in the area through legislation and other initiatives aimed at improving life in Weiser.
The political climate in Weiser, ID is moderately conservative.
Washington County, ID is very conservative. In Washington County, ID 20.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.7% to 20.1%.
Washington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Weiser, ID is moderately conservative.
Washington County, Idaho is very conservative.
Idaho is strongly conservative.
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.
Weiser, Idaho: 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Weiser, ID
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 122 contributions totaling $11,559 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36 contributions totaling $5,626 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)