Rupert, ID is a small city of about 5,000 people located in the south-eastern part of the state. Its politics are largely dominated by the Republican and Democratic parties. Though there are no local political candidates, residents often express their views on national and state issues through voting in elections. Most recently, in the 2016 presidential election, Rupert voters strongly favored Donald Trump with more than 70% of votes cast for him. In addition to this, many locals have expressed their support for conservative causes, such as lower taxes and gun rights, further exemplifying how Rupert leans right on the political scale. All in all, politics in Rupert tend to lean towards conservative values and away from more liberal ideals.
The political climate in Rupert, ID is moderately conservative.
Minidoka County, ID is very conservative. In Minidoka County, ID 19.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Minidoka county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.4% to 19.4%.
Minidoka county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rupert, ID is moderately conservative.
Minidoka County, Idaho is very conservative.
Burley 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.
Rupert, 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 Rupert, ID
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 28 contributions totaling $1,260 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 104 contributions totaling $15,056 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $145 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)