The politics in Boise, ID are largely influenced by the strong presence of the Idaho Republican Party. The party has a strong hold on many of the state's elected officials, as well as a large number of voters. However, there is a significant minority of Democrats and independents in the state who also influence the political landscape. The Idaho Legislature is currently controlled by the Republicans, with the Governor and Lieutenant Governor also being members of the party.
The political climate in Boise City, ID is leaning 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
Boise City, ID is leaning 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.
Boise City, 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 Boise City, ID
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 53,057 contributions totaling $2,754,358 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9,840 contributions totaling $2,524,167 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $257 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)