Buhl, Idaho is a small city located on the Snake River in Twin Falls County with a population of approximately 6,000. The city operates under a mayor-council form of government, with the mayor and four council members elected to serve four-year terms. The current mayor is Lonnie Hill and the current council members are Tom Gentry, Jeff Smedley, Jim Moore, and Randy Ehlert. Buhl has an open public forum every month allowing citizens to voice their opinions about local issues. In addition, the city holds regular meetings to discuss any proposed changes or updates to ordinances or other local business topics. Citizens are encouraged to participate in these meetings and voice their opinion on matters that affect them directly. The city also provides several ways for citizens to stay informed about upcoming events and decisions being made by their local government.
The political climate in Buhl, ID is strongly conservative.
Twin Falls County, ID is very conservative. In Twin Falls County, ID 25.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Twin Falls county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.9% to 25.7%.
Twin Falls county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Buhl, ID is strongly conservative.
Twin Falls County, Idaho is very conservative.
Twin Falls Metro Area 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.
Buhl, 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 Buhl, ID
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 77 contributions totaling $2,663 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 129 contributions totaling $25,428 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $197 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)