Mountain Home AFB is located in Idaho and is home to the 366th Fighter Wing. The base enjoys a strong partnership with the local community, as evidenced by their continued support for the base's mission. The city of Mountain Home has a mayor-council form of government, where the mayor is elected to preside over council meetings and set agendas. The city also has several districts that are represented on the council, alongside two at-large representatives who serve all constituents. The Mountain Home City Council works together to ensure fiscal responsibility and promote economic development initiatives within their jurisdiction. Additionally, they strive to keep citizens informed through quarterly newsletters and community meetings regarding zoning changes, budgeting issues and other important topics. With its commitment to service, the City of Mountain Home continues to be an integral part of military life at Mountain Home AFB.
The political climate in Mountain Home AFB, ID is moderately conservative.
Elmore County, ID is very conservative. In Elmore County, ID 25.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Elmore county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.9% to 25.5%.
Elmore county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mountain Home AFB, ID is moderately conservative.
Elmore County, Idaho is very conservative.
Mountain Home 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.
Mountain Home AFB, 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 Mountain Home AFB, 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 2 contributions totaling $365 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $183 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)