The city of Burley, Idaho is a small and rural community located in Minidoka County. It has a close-knit community with a strong sense of local pride. The politics of Burley are generally conservative, with most local residents voting Republican in most elections. There are several groups that have formed to promote certain causes and values within the community. At the local level, politics generally involve local issues such as water conservation or area school districts. Elections for mayor or city council seats usually draw a good turnout from the citizens of Burley and campaigns are generally conducted in an orderly manner. The overall political atmosphere in Burley is mostly friendly and open minded, with residents taking an active interest in their town's future.
The political climate in Burley, ID is moderately conservative.
Cassia County, ID is very conservative. In Cassia County, ID 15.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cassia county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.1% to 15.2%.
Cassia county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Burley, ID is moderately conservative.
Cassia County, Idaho is very conservative.
Burley 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.
Burley, 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 Burley, ID
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 475 contributions totaling $15,520 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 495 contributions totaling $63,381 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $128 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)