Carey, ID is a small town in Idaho with a population of just over 1,000 people. The town is located in Blaine County, which is considered a swing county in Idaho politics. In the 2016 presidential election, Blaine County voted for Hillary Clinton by a margin of just over 1%. Carey itself is a relatively conservative town, with Republicans outnumbering Democrats by a margin of 2-to-1. However, there are a number of independent voters in Carey, and the town has been known to swing between parties in local elections. In the most recent mayoral election, the town elected its first Democratic mayor in over 20 years.
The political climate in Carey, ID is leaning liberal.
Blaine County, ID is very liberal. In Blaine County, ID 67.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 30.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Blaine county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 67.1% to 30.3%.
Blaine county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Carey, ID is leaning liberal.
Blaine County, Idaho is very liberal.
Hailey Metro Area is moderately liberal.
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.
Carey, Idaho: d D D D D D
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 Carey, ID
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16 contributions totaling $2,500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $850 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $283 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)