Butte City, ID is a small city that has a population of about 7,000 people. This small town has a strong sense of community and many people take an active role in local politics. There are two major political parties represented in the area: the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. Local elections typically draw large numbers of voters from both sides of the aisle, which keeps the local government fair and balanced. Candidates must work hard to earn support from voters and often come up with creative ways to get their messages out. Every four years there is a mayor elected as well as several members of the city council who are responsible for making decisions on behalf of Butte City residents. The city also has its own police department that works hard to keep the streets safe and maintain order throughout the town.
The political climate in Butte City, ID is strongly conservative.
Butte County, ID is very conservative. In Butte County, ID 13.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Butte county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.9% to 13.3%.
Butte county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Butte City, ID is strongly conservative.
Butte County, Idaho is very conservative.
Idaho 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.
Butte City, 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 Butte City, ID
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21 contributions totaling $315 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $15 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $622 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $311 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)