Jefferson County, Idaho is a small rural county located in the south east corner of the state. The county has some local political candidates and a number of small townships scattered throughout. Residents of Jefferson County typically gravitate towards more conservative values when it comes to politics, with most candidates generally holding similar views when it comes to fiscal responsibility, a strong economy, and limited government intervention in their communities. The Jefferson County Republican Party is the dominant political party in the area, and the county usually votes Republican in national elections. In addition to voting on national issues, residents also get involved in local politics by voting for their preferred county representatives and attending town hall meetings. Local politicians often focus on issues such as infrastructure improvements, property rights, regulation enforcement, economic development and environmental protection in order to provide their constituents with an improved quality of life.
The political climate in Jefferson County, ID is very conservative.
In Jefferson County, ID 11.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.3% to 11.7%.
Jefferson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Jefferson County, ID is very conservative.
Idaho Falls 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.
Jefferson, 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 Jefferson County, ID
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 169 contributions totaling $11,849 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 203 contributions totaling $38,067 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $188 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)