Shoshone County is a county located in the northern part of Idaho. It is an area with many rural communities and farms, but also some larger cities. The county is governed by a Board of County Commissioners, who are elected from each of the five districts in the county. They make decisions about services and policies which affect the entire community. Each district also has a representative to serve on other committees related to policy issues for the whole county. In addition, there are several local offices that are filled by public election, such as county sheriff and assessor. Local politics in Shoshone County can be quite active at times, with passionate debates on important issues such as land use and taxes. With such a wide variety of perspectives present, it can be difficult to reach consensus on certain matters, but ultimately everyone works together to ensure that all voices are heard and respected when making decisions for the betterment of the county as a whole.
The political climate in Shoshone County, ID is very conservative.
In Shoshone County, ID 28.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Shoshone county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.7% to 28.0%.
Shoshone county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Shoshone 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.
Shoshone, 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 Shoshone County, ID
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 135 contributions totaling $4,479 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 73 contributions totaling $7,807 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)