The politics in the Idaho Falls, ID Metro Area are dominated by the Republican Party, who hold all four seats in the state legislature. The mayor of Idaho Falls is Rebecca Casper, who won the election with over 60% of the vote. In recent years, Republicans have had a strong influence on local issues, such as property taxes and infrastructure investments. This has been reflected in the voting records of elected officials from both parties. For example, in 2019 Idaho Governor Brad Little signed into law an income tax cut for individuals and businesses making under $250,000 a year. This was widely seen as a victory for Republican fiscal conservatism in the region. Despite this conservative leanings however, there is also a growing progressive movement within Idaho Falls and other parts of the metro area that have pushed for additional funding for public schools and social services.
The political climate in Idaho Falls Metro Area is very conservative.
In Idaho Falls Metro Area 23.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Idaho Falls metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.2% to 23.3%.
The Idaho Falls metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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.
Idaho Falls, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Idaho Falls Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,931 contributions totaling $192,107 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,387 contributions totaling $2,491,684 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,796 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)