Boundary County, Idaho is a rural county in the northern panhandle of the state. The county does not have any towns or cities within its borders and the population is sparse. Despite having no large population centers, Boundary County is still very much politically active. Local elections often draw a lot of interest from residents and feature competitive races. Candidates for office must distinguish themselves through their ideas and platforms in order to gain the support of local voters. This election cycle has seen a lot of interest from candidates running for a variety of local offices, including sheriff, county commissioner, assessor, clerk-auditor, and coroner. Residents are encouraged to get out and vote on Election Day so that their voices can be heard when it comes to deciding who will lead Boundary County into the future.
The political climate in Boundary County, ID is very conservative.
In Boundary County, ID 19.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Boundary county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.2% to 19.3%.
Boundary county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Boundary County, ID is very conservative.
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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.
Boundary, 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 Boundary County, ID
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 229 contributions totaling $10,573 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 330 contributions totaling $64,996 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $197 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)