The small town of Fernwood, Idaho (zip code 83830) is home to a close-knit community of around 500 people. Despite its small population, politics remain an important part of life in Fernwood. Every year, local residents come together to make decisions about the future of their town by voting for local political candidates who will represent them in government meetings and initiatives. These politicians ensure that the town's needs are met and work towards fulfilling the goals of the local community. Through this process, citizens have a say in how their taxes are used and what services they receive as well as what kind of development takes place in Fernwood. The political process also serves to keep the town's government transparent and accountable to its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 83830 (Fernwood, ID) is very conservative.
Benewah County, ID is very conservative. In Benewah County, ID 19.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Benewah county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.9% to 19.6%.
Benewah county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 83830 (Fernwood, ID) is very conservative.
Fernwood, Idaho is very conservative.
Benewah County, Idaho is very conservative.
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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.
Fernwood, 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 83830 (Fernwood)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $100 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $170 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)