Star, Idaho is a small city located in Ada County. It is part of the greater Boise metropolitan area and has a population of approximately 7,000 people. As such, it has its own municipal government and elected officials that serve local residents. The Mayor of Star is Joe Smith, who was recently re-elected to a second term in office. The City Council consists of seven members who are all elected from districts throughout Star. They meet regularly to discuss local issues and pass laws that govern the city. In addition to this local government, the state of Idaho also elects representatives to the United States Congress and state legislature who represent Star and its residents on the national and state level. As part of their duties, they advocate for local issues such as infrastructure improvements, economic development initiatives, public safety initiatives, and environmental stewardship projects. All these political figures ensure that Star remains a safe, prosperous place to live for its citizens.
The political climate in Star, ID is somewhat conservative.
Ada County, ID is leaning conservative. In Ada County, ID 46.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ada county remained Republican, 50.0% to 46.1%.
Ada county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Star, ID is somewhat conservative.
Ada County, Idaho is leaning 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.
Star, 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 Star, ID
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 460 contributions totaling $16,593 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 600 contributions totaling $93,187 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)