Idaho City is a small rural town located in Boise County, Idaho. It is home to a modest population of around 500 people and has a rich history as the site of the 1863 gold rush. In terms of politics, Idaho City is largely conservative and is represented in the Idaho state legislature by Republican legislators. While local elections aren’t overly popular due to the small population, they still occur periodically and are held for mayor, city councilmembers, and other offices. Most recently, Bill Johnson was elected mayor in 2019 and has worked hard to ensure that Idaho City continues to be a great place to live for its residents. He also works closely with county officials on issues such as economic development and infrastructure improvements that will benefit locals both now and into the future.
The political climate in Zip 83631 (Idaho City, ID) is very conservative.
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
Zip 83631 (Idaho City, ID) is very conservative.
Idaho City, Idaho is very conservative.
Boise County, Idaho 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.
Idaho City, 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 zip 83631 (Idaho City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $500 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $1,150 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)