Boise, Idaho is located in Ada County and is the most populous city in the state. The county has long been a stronghold for Democrats and they hold all six of the county’s seats in the state House of Representatives. At the federal level, Senator Mike Crapo represents Ada County. Democratic Governor Brad Little was born in Boise and served as a state representative from Ada County before being elected governor. In addition to the various offices on the state and federal levels, there are many local political offices up for election each year. These positions include city council members and county commissioners who are responsible for making decisions about issues impacting their community. With so much political activity taking place in Ada County, it is no surprise that Boise has become one of the most politically active cities in Idaho.
The political climate in Boise County, ID is very conservative.
In Boise County, ID 25.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Boise county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.3% to 25.0%.
Boise county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Boise County, ID is very 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.
Boise, 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 Boise County, ID
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 102 contributions totaling $10,226 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 146 contributions totaling $24,701 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $169 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)