New Plymouth, Idaho is a small city with a population of approximately 6,400 people. It is located in the Payette County and is the county seat. The city's government is composed of a mayor and five council members, who are all elected for four-year terms by the citizens of New Plymouth. The mayor and council members set policy for the city, which they execute through various city departments, such as public safety, public works, finance and administrative services. The government also works to ensure that local businesses are supported and that the quality of life in New Plymouth remains high. Local political candidates in New Plymouth run for office each election cycle to serve on the City Council or to become Mayor. Candidates must meet certain qualifications to be eligible to run for office, such as having lived in New Plymouth for over one year prior to filing for office. Once elected, these officials work together to ensure that their constituents’ needs are met and maintain an environment conducive to development and growth within the community.
The political climate in New Plymouth, 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
New Plymouth, 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.
New Plymouth, 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 New Plymouth, ID
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $558 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $186 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 33 contributions totaling $9,990 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $303 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)