Ada County, Idaho is the home of many vibrant communities and political landscapes. The county seat of Ada County is Boise, which serves as the state's capital and has a population of more than 226,000 residents. From Ada to Kuna and from Eagle to Middleton, citizens have been taking an active role in local politics on issues ranging from education to taxation. Local elections in Ada County are often highly contested events that draw attention from across the state. Candidates for offices such as county commissioner, mayor, and sheriff typically come from all corners of the county to put forth their ideas for making a difference. Of course, these candidates must also work diligently to secure the votes of local citizens in order to successfully win an election. As a result, campaigns are often full of passionate debates and discussions about how best to serve the people living in Ada County.
The political climate in Ada County, ID is leaning conservative.
In Ada County, ID 46.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ada county remained Republican, 50.0% to 46.1%.
Ada county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ada County, ID is leaning conservative.
Boise City Metro Area is moderately 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.
Ada, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Ada County, ID
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 28,289 contributions totaling $1,916,180 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7,005 contributions totaling $1,811,210 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $259 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)