The city of Pocatello, ID is a vibrant political hub in the state of Idaho. With a population of over 54,000 residents, Pocatello is home to many civic and political organizations. As the county seat of Bannock County, Pocatello is the site of the Bannock County Courthouse and has a mayor-council form of government with six members; four from each ward and two at-large members. Elections for these positions are held every four years with local primary elections occurring in May and general elections in November. The current mayor, Brian Blad, was re-elected in 2019. Residents can get involved in local politics by attending meetings or by running for office themselves. Additionally, there are several local political organizations that actively work to create positive change within the city such as the Democratic Party of Bannock County and Indivisible Bannock County.
The political climate in Zip 83201 (Pocatello, ID) is somewhat conservative.
Bannock County, ID is moderately conservative. In Bannock County, ID 36.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 4.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bannock county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 58.6% to 36.9%.
Bannock county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 83201 (Pocatello, ID) is somewhat conservative.
Pocatello, Idaho is somewhat conservative.
Bannock County, Idaho is moderately conservative.
Pocatello Metro Area is moderately 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.
Pocatello, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 zip 83201 (Pocatello)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,222 contributions totaling $69,829 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 216 contributions totaling $71,524 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $331 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)