Island Park, Idaho is a small town located in Fremont County with an estimated population of 250. The politics in Island Park are fairly simple; it is highly rural and the local government generally sticks to basic issues such as budgeting, infrastructure building, and maintaining local roads and parks. There is no city council and the mayor is elected by the people every two years. For larger issues, citizens of Island Park rely on their representatives from Fremont County and Idaho State to ensure that their interests are represented in state and federal laws. Currently, there are no known local political candidates running for office in Island Park. However, given the population size of Island Park, citizens should look to their county representative for guidance on any current political issues.
The political climate in Island Park, ID is strongly conservative.
Fremont County, ID is very conservative. In Fremont County, ID 14.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fremont county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.5% to 14.8%.
Fremont county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Island Park, ID is strongly conservative.
Fremont County, Idaho is very conservative.
Rexburg 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.
Island Park, 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 Island Park, ID
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 114 contributions totaling $6,610 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $8,548 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $427 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)