The city of 83868 Smelterville, ID is located in the northern panhandle of Idaho. While the population size is unknown, it is a small community with a big heart. Residents take pride in their local politics and ensure that their voices are heard on important issues that affect the community. Local political candidates often participate in debates to discuss policies and decisions that could affect the area, such as taxes, education, health care, and crime prevention. Candidates focus on promoting civic engagement and making sure that 83868 Smelterville continues to be a strong, vibrant community with good citizen participation. Through positive campaigns and meaningful dialogue with the public, local politicians hope to make a difference in this special part of Idaho.
The political climate in Zip 83868 (Smelterville, ID) is strongly conservative.
Shoshone County, ID is very conservative. In Shoshone County, ID 28.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Shoshone county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.7% to 28.0%.
Shoshone county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 83868 (Smelterville, ID) is strongly conservative.
Smelterville, Idaho is strongly conservative.
Shoshone 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.
Smelterville, 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 83868 (Smelterville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)