Shoshone, Idaho is a small town located in Lincoln County with a population of approximately 1,700 people. The city is governed by a Mayor-Council form of government and the current mayor is Robert Satterfield. The City Council consists of five members elected by the residents of Shoshone and meet twice monthly. The areas of commerce, public works, recreation and police services are managed by departments headed by department directors. At the state level, Shoshone falls within two legislative districts and is represented by State Representative Dorothy Moon in District 9 and Senator Michelle Stennett in District 25. All citizens of Shoshone have the right to vote in local, state, and national elections.
The political climate in Shoshone, ID is strongly conservative.
Lincoln County, ID is very conservative. In Lincoln County, ID 21.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lincoln county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.7% to 21.3%.
Lincoln county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Shoshone, ID is strongly conservative.
Lincoln County, Idaho is very conservative.
Hailey Metro Area is moderately liberal.
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.
Shoshone, 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 Shoshone, ID
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 41 contributions totaling $5,064 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $725 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)