Burley, Idaho is a small city located in 83318 with a population of approximately 10,200 people. The politics in Burley are largely conservative, with a majority of the citizens voting for Republican candidates during any election. The two representatives currently serving Burley and the surrounding area are Congressman Mike Simpson and Senator Jim Risch, both of whom are Republicans. In local elections, the citizens of Burley generally favor Republican policies and candidates when selecting their local representatives. While the political landscape is conservative overall, there are certainly aspects within the community that encompass other beliefs and opinions on various topics.
The political climate in Zip 83318 (Burley, ID) is strongly conservative.
Cassia County, ID is very conservative. In Cassia County, ID 15.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cassia county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.1% to 15.2%.
Cassia county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 83318 (Burley, ID) is strongly conservative.
Burley, Idaho is strongly conservative.
Cassia County, Idaho is very conservative.
Burley 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.
Burley, 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 83318 (Burley)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 176 contributions totaling $6,267 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 231 contributions totaling $30,635 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $133 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)