Boise City, Idaho is the capital of the state and has a population of around 223,154. It is governed by a mayor-council form of government, with the mayor being elected to serve a four year term. The city council consists of 7 members who are all elected to four year terms. The city also operates within the framework of nonpartisan elections that allow both Democrats and Republicans to compete for office. On the local level, Boise City residents elect their representatives to various positions in the State Senate and House of Representatives. Local issues that are often discussed include education reform, public safety initiatives, economic development projects, infrastructure improvements and environmental conservation efforts. Residents also have the opportunity to play an active role in their government by participating in local election campaigns and voting on ballot initiatives.
The political climate in Zip 83712 (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 83712 (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 83712 (Boise City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,722 contributions totaling $204,019 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 422 contributions totaling $318,257 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $754 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)