Fruitland, Idaho is a small city located in Southwest Idaho. It has a unique political landscape, as it is part of the larger Payette County. The county has traditionally been heavily Republican, with the party dominating local politics for many years. In recent years, however, more Democrats have been elected to positions of local government, causing a shift in the political atmosphere. There are now several candidates from both sides of the aisle running for office in Fruitland. These candidates are campaigning on issues ranging from economic development to public safety and environmental preservation. As voters prepare to go to the polls this year, they must decide which candidate offers the best solutions for Fruitland's future.
The political climate in Fruitland, ID is strongly conservative.
Payette County, ID is very conservative. In Payette County, ID 19.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Payette county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.5% to 19.1%.
Payette county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fruitland, ID is strongly conservative.
Payette County, Idaho is very conservative.
Ontario 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.
Fruitland, 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 Fruitland, ID
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 176 contributions totaling $17,545 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 241 contributions totaling $65,835 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $273 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)