Placerville, ID is a small town located in northern Idaho. Despite its small size, Placerville is home to an active political scene. Placerville's local government is composed of an elected mayor and four city council members who oversee the daily functions of the town. While Placerville does not have any federal representation, its citizens are kept up-to-date on state and national political issues through local newspapers and other media outlets. The local elections held each year provide residents with the opportunity to make their voices heard by choosing who will best represent their interests and serve them in local government roles. Political candidates come from a variety of backgrounds, representing different ideologies, platforms, and goals for improving the town’s quality of life. Placerville residents take their right to vote seriously and are passionate about ensuring that their community gets the representation it deserves in all levels of government.
The political climate in Placerville, ID is strongly conservative.
Boise County, ID is very conservative. In Boise County, ID 25.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Boise county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.3% to 25.0%.
Boise county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Placerville, ID is strongly conservative.
Boise County, Idaho is very conservative.
Boise City Metro Area is moderately 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.
Placerville, 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 Placerville, ID
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $500 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $1,150 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)