Boise City, ID is the largest city in Idaho and is situated in the south-central part of the state. It is the political center of Idaho as it serves as the state capital. The population of 83705 Boise City is 222,906 according to 2019 US Census estimates. While this city has a large population, politics remain local. Boise City's mayor is Lauren McLean who was elected in 2019 after being an elected official for over a decade. The city council members are Ada Evans, Theresa Stevens, Scot Ludwig, Lisa Sanchez and TJ Thomson who all serve four year terms. With an engaged citizenry and vibrant local democracy, Boise City provides its citizens with ample opportunities to get involved in local politics through participation in local elections or voicing their opinions on current political topics.
The political climate in Zip 83705 (Boise City, ID) is leaning conservative.
Ada County, ID is leaning conservative. In Ada County, ID 46.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ada county remained Republican, 50.0% to 46.1%.
Ada county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 83705 (Boise City, ID) is leaning conservative.
Boise City, Idaho is leaning conservative.
Ada County, Idaho is leaning 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.
Boise 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 83705 (Boise City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,180 contributions totaling $177,696 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $151 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 207 contributions totaling $49,585 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $240 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)