Genesee, ID is a small rural town located in north-central Idaho. Politically, the town has remained fairly conservative over the years, and most of its residents tend to vote along Republican lines. The Genesee City Council is composed of five members who are elected by the citizens and serve four-year terms. Recent elections have seen the Republicans maintain a majority on the council with 3 out of 5 members belonging to this party. The mayor is also elected by popular vote and usually comes from one of the two major parties in Idaho. In addition to local politics, Genesee residents are also involved in state and national politics, voting for representatives at both levels who support their views and interests.
The political climate in Genesee, ID is somewhat conservative.
Latah County, ID is leaning liberal. In Latah County, ID 49.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 4.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Latah county remained Democratic, 49.7% to 46.0%.
Latah county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Genesee, ID is somewhat conservative.
Latah County, Idaho is leaning liberal.
Moscow Metro Area is leaning 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.
Genesee, Idaho: R r 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 Genesee, ID
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 78 contributions totaling $2,537 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $1,806 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $164 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)