Mud Lake, Idaho is a small town located in the Snake River valley with a population of approximately 2,000 people. Despite its small size, Mud Lake has a vibrant political culture. Citizens are encouraged to become engaged in local issues and participate in the democratic process. The city is run by an elected mayor and a seven-member city council. Each year elections are held for various offices including Mayor and City Council seats. In addition, residents have many opportunities to make their voices heard on important issues such as education funding, infrastructure projects, public safety initiatives, and more. Residents of Mud Lake have a wide variety of political interests and opinions ranging from progressive to conservative views, which allows them to debate issues openly and honestly among one another.
The political climate in Mud Lake, ID is very conservative.
Jefferson County, ID is very conservative. In Jefferson County, ID 11.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.3% to 11.7%.
Jefferson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mud Lake, ID is very conservative.
Jefferson 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.
Mud Lake, 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 Mud Lake, ID
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 26 contributions totaling $12,495 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $481 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)