Benewah County is located in the northern part of Idaho and is home to a population of 8,285. Politically, Benewah County is a largely conservative area, with the Republican Party dominating in most elections over the past several decades. While there are no local political candidates currently running for office in Benewah County, the county has historically leaned Republican and has consistently voted for members of that party for local and state offices. Additionally, it is important to note that Benewah County residents have a strong faith in their elected leaders and have an active presence at local election events.
The political climate in Benewah County, ID is very conservative.
In Benewah County, ID 19.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Benewah county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.9% to 19.6%.
Benewah county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Benewah 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.
Benewah, 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 Benewah County, ID
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 234 contributions totaling $13,117 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 100 contributions totaling $18,778 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $188 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)