Smelterville, ID is a small rural town located in the northern part of the state. It is known for its mining industry and its close-knit community. Politically, Smelterville is quite conservative and leans towards the Republican Party. The Town Council consists of five members who are all Republicans, and they work together to ensure the town's economic growth and social well-being. Local elections are held every two years, and candidates from both parties participate in debates to win support from voters. However, there has been little change over the last few decades as incumbents have rarely faced significant challengers. As such, Smelterville remains true to its conservative roots when it comes to politics.
The political climate in Smelterville, ID is moderately conservative.
Shoshone County, ID is very conservative. In Shoshone County, ID 28.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Shoshone county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.7% to 28.0%.
Shoshone county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Smelterville, ID is moderately conservative.
Shoshone County, Idaho 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.
Smelterville, 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 Smelterville, ID
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 44 contributions totaling $402 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $9 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $537 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)