Cassia County, Idaho is a rural community located in the southeastern part of the state. It is home to many small towns and cities, as well as some large agricultural businesses that make up the majority of the county’s economy. Politically, Cassia County leans heavily towards conservative values and beliefs, with support for traditional family values and limited government spending being key tenets of its residents. Local elections often feature races between candidates from both major political parties, but most local initiatives tend to be won by candidates from the Republican Party. Despite its conservative bent, Cassia County also remains open to progressive ideas and initiatives that would benefit its residents. The county has welcomed a number of national politicians who have visited over the past few years, including President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.
The political climate in Cassia County, ID is very conservative.
In Cassia County, ID 15.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cassia county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.1% to 15.2%.
Cassia county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cassia County, ID is very conservative.
Burley 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.
Cassia, 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 Cassia County, ID
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 183 contributions totaling $7,517 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 295 contributions totaling $45,945 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)