Garden City, ID Voting


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Garden City, Idaho is located in the heart of the Treasure Valley and is a thriving small town with an active community. The city is served by a mayor-council form of government, and local elections are held every two years. The current mayor, Bob Smith, was elected in 2020 and has been actively involved in encouraging public dialogue and engagement within the community. Additionally, there are several city council members who serve as representatives for the citizens of Garden City. These council members work together to pass legislation that benefits their constituents while also keeping taxes low. In recent years, the citizens of Garden City have voiced their opinions on various issues such as housing affordability and local infrastructure improvements. All in all, Garden City’s politics are focused on creating a safe and prosperous environment for its residents while balancing the needs of all stakeholders involved.

The political climate in Garden 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

Garden 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.

Garden 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 Garden City, ID

In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 24,068 contributions totaling $622,326 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.

In the last 4 years, there were 2,118 contributions totaling $401,537 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.

(source: Federal Election Commission)

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