Salmon, ID is a small town located in the beautiful Lemhi Valley of Idaho. It has a population of around 2,500 people and is the county seat of Lemhi County. The politics in Salmon are largely dominated by the Republican Party, however there is a strong presence from both Democrats and Independents in the area as well. The mayor of Salmon is Bill King, a Republican who was elected to office in 2016. He has been highly successful at bringing new business and jobs into the town since his election. There are also several local candidates running for office during this election season including Democratic candidate Bonnie White, Independent candidate Jason Stanfield, and Republican candidate Rick Reed. All three of these candidates have made it their mission to focus on issues like economic development, public safety, and environmental protection that will benefit all the citizens of Salmon.
The political climate in Salmon, ID is strongly conservative.
Lemhi County, ID is very conservative. In Lemhi County, ID 21.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lemhi county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.8% to 21.8%.
Lemhi county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Salmon, ID is strongly conservative.
Lemhi County, Idaho 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.
Salmon, 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 Salmon, ID
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 54 contributions totaling $1,823 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 83 contributions totaling $37,536 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $452 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)