Blackfoot, Idaho is a small town located in the southeastern part of the state. It is known for its agricultural industry and the close-knit community that calls it home. The politics in Blackfoot are heavily influenced by rural values and a conservative mindset. Issues that have been at the forefront of Blackfoot politics include economic development, public safety, education funding, and environmental protection. Local political candidates focus on these issues as well as finding solutions to ensure that all citizens are represented fairly in decisions made within the city government. Many of Blackfoot's political candidates come from within the local community and strive to make sure that everyone has a voice in their hometown politics.
The political climate in Blackfoot, ID is strongly conservative.
Bingham County, ID is very conservative. In Bingham County, ID 20.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bingham county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.5% to 20.6%.
Bingham county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Blackfoot, ID is strongly conservative.
Bingham County, Idaho is very conservative.
Blackfoot 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.
Blackfoot, 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 Blackfoot, ID
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 318 contributions totaling $10,244 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 482 contributions totaling $55,304 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)