Dayton, Idaho is a small rural community located in northern Idaho, and its politics reflect the values of its citizens. The city itself is governed by a mayor and four city council members who are elected by the residents of Dayton. Each held office is voted on every two years. The main focus of Dayton’s politics is maintaining an atmosphere of small town values while still keeping up with modern standards and progressiveness. Recent initiatives have included improving local infrastructure, encouraging civic engagement, and implementing sustainability efforts. Politically speaking, Dayton is a conservative town that generally votes for Republican candidates but has recently seen more progressive candidates gaining traction with the citizens of Dayton. Overall, the political climate in Dayton is one of hard work and dedication to keeping up with the changing times while also honoring tradition.
The political climate in Dayton, ID is very conservative.
Franklin County, ID is very conservative. In Franklin County, ID 9.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 87.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 87.7% to 9.9%.
Franklin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dayton, ID is very conservative.
Franklin County, Idaho is very conservative.
Logan 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.
Dayton, 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 Dayton, ID
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $450 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)