Gooding, Idaho is a small farming community located in southern Idaho with an estimated population of just over 3,000 people. The city has a city council consisting of five members who are elected by the public every four years. This council makes decisions that affect all aspects of the city including infrastructure, safety, and budgeting. Gooding also has two representatives to the state House of Representatives; Jeff Thompson and Paul Shepherd. Both are dedicated to serving the citizens of Gooding and working to improve policies that impact their constituents. They work hard to ensure that Gooding has a voice in the politics of Idaho. The political atmosphere in Gooding is characterized by friendly debate and collaboration among members of different parties and viewpoints. Residents have the chance to get involved in local politics by attending meetings or running for office themselves. It's important for citizens in Gooding to stay informed about candidates and issues so they can make informed decisions when it comes to voting or supporting initiatives that will benefit their town.
The political climate in Gooding, ID is moderately conservative.
Gooding County, ID is very conservative. In Gooding County, ID 20.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gooding county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.0% to 20.8%.
Gooding county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gooding, ID is moderately conservative.
Gooding 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.
Gooding, 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 Gooding, ID
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 86 contributions totaling $8,739 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 68 contributions totaling $5,505 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)