Gooding County, ID is an area in south-central Idaho that is home to a diverse population of people who have come from many different backgrounds. The county is politically charged and has seen an increase in voter turnout in recent years. Its political landscape is a mix of both Republican and Democratic candidates, with the majority leaning Republican. Local politicians are often active in the community, hosting town halls and engaging with citizens on a variety of issues. Through their efforts, they strive to make the county better for all its residents while representing their constituents' interests at the state level. Gooding County maintains a strong sense of civic engagement as its citizens actively voice their opinions through voting and advocating for certain causes.
The political climate in Gooding County, ID is very conservative.
In Gooding County, ID 20.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gooding county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.0% to 20.8%.
Gooding county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gooding 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.
Gooding, 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 Gooding County, ID
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 123 contributions totaling $10,883 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 142 contributions totaling $29,746 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $209 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)