The small city of Bonners Ferry, ID, with a population of around 2,500 people, is part of Boundary County and boasts an active local political scene. The city is governed by a mayor and a six-member City Council who all serve four-year terms. Recent elections have seen residents voting on issues such as property taxes, public facility funding and infrastructure improvements. Despite its small size, politics in Bonners Ferry are just as important to local residents as those in larger cities. Local candidates strive to find solutions to the needs of the community while keeping within budgetary constraints. Residents take pride in their town's future growth and progress and ensure their voices are heard when it comes time to vote for initiatives or select elected officials.
The political climate in Zip 83805 (Bonners Ferry, ID) is very conservative.
Boundary County, ID is very conservative. In Boundary County, ID 19.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Boundary county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.2% to 19.3%.
Boundary county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 83805 (Bonners Ferry, ID) is very conservative.
Bonners Ferry, Idaho is very conservative.
Boundary County, Idaho 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.
Bonners Ferry, 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 83805 (Bonners Ferry)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 157 contributions totaling $7,096 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 294 contributions totaling $61,474 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $209 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)