Bancroft, Idaho is a small town located in the southeastern region of the state with a population of around 500 people. The town is governed by an elected mayor and several council members, who are responsible for the day-to-day operations and decisions of the city. Each year, local citizens have the opportunity to vote in municipal elections for their desired candidates to represent them. During election season, political debates are held throughout Bancroft where locals can learn more about each candidate's platform and ideas. Mayoral candidates must be qualified to serve on the council and must have resided in Bancroft for at least one year prior to running for office. Elections typically have high voter participation as many locals take pride in their right to cast a ballot and make their voices heard in politics. Beyond that, most residents stick to a grassroots approach when it comes to discussing politics within their community.
The political climate in Bancroft, ID is very conservative.
Caribou County, ID is very conservative. In Caribou County, ID 12.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Caribou county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.1% to 12.6%.
Caribou county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bancroft, ID is very conservative.
Caribou 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.
Bancroft, 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 Bancroft, ID
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 27 contributions totaling $2,450 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)