Moscow, Idaho is a city in the northern part of the state with a population of just over 25,000 people. The city is governed by an elected mayor and six members of the City Council who are each elected to four-year terms. The current mayor of Moscow is Bill Lambert, who was first elected in 2013. Moscow also has several local political offices that are filled through elections, such as county commissioners and state representatives. While politics in Moscow is certainly not as charged as it is in larger cities, there are still important issues that face the city's residents such as infrastructure development and public safety. Local politicians work hard to ensure that all citizens have a voice when it comes to decision making in their community.
The political climate in Moscow, ID is somewhat liberal.
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
Moscow, ID is somewhat liberal.
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.
Moscow, 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 Moscow, ID
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,011 contributions totaling $694,208 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 225 contributions totaling $45,549 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $202 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)